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noun

circuit

SUR-kit/ˈsɜːrkɪt/

A connected route returning to its starting point.

The battery, wires, and switch form a closed circuit that lights the bulb.

A battery wires switch and glowing bulb form a clearly closed complete electrical loop on plain table, accurate connections, no labels.
Etymology
circuLatinaround
+itLatinto go

The pieces mean “go around,” originally describing a journey or course around something. The electrical sense applies that image to a complete path through which current can flow.

In context

nptelhrd49:15
after sometime as we see from the simulation results, no flow of current is there in this part of the circuit and therefore it is as good as being open circuit
Mod-01 Lec-42 Suddent Short Circuit of Three Phase Alternator – Numerical Simulation

More examples

  • The bulb lights when the electrical circuit is complete.
  • The comedian travels the regional club circuit.
  • We finish one circuit of the running track.

Forms

circuit · circuits

Similar words

route
A route need not return to its starting point; a circuit suggests a connected round or loop.