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circuitus — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • circuit noun A closed path that electric current can flow around, usually containing components like wires, switches, and resistors.
  • orbit noun The curved path an object follows as it travels around another body due to gravity, such as a planet around the sun.
  • patrol noun A group of soldiers, police officers, or guards that moves through an area to watch over it or look for trouble.
  • revolution noun A forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favour of a new system.

Senses

circuitus is used for these senses in English:

  • circuit The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution
  • orbit (pinball) A path for the ball on the outer edge of the playfield, usually connected so that the ball entering in one end will come out of the other.
  • revolution (astronomy) In the case of celestial bodies, the traversal of one body along an orbit around another body.

circuit — full definition

  1. noun A closed path that electric current can flow around, usually containing components like wires, switches, and resistors.
  2. noun A regular route or series of venues that someone travels for work, sport, or performance.
  3. verb To travel all the way around something.

orbit — full definition

  1. noun The curved path an object follows as it travels around another body due to gravity, such as a planet around the sun.
  2. noun A sphere of influence, activity, or interest that surrounds someone or something.
  3. verb To move in a circular or curved path around something.

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