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circuit British & World English

a roughly circular line, route, or movement that starts and finishes at the same place

circuit board British & World English

a thin rigid board containing an electric circuit; a printed circuit

circuit rider British & World English

a clergyman who travelled on horseback from church to church, especially within a rural Methodist circuit

logic circuit British & World English

a circuit for performing logical operations on input signals

open-circuit British & World English

consisting of or containing an open electric circuit

ring circuit British & World English

an electric circuit serving a number of power points, with one circuit breaker in the supply

short circuit British & World English

an electrical circuit in a device of lower resistance than that of a normal circuit, especially one resulting from the unintended contact of components and consequent accidental diversion of the current

track circuit British & World English

an electric circuit made in a section of railway track as an aid to signalling, and able to be short-circuited by the presence of a train

chitlin circuit British & World English

(during the era of racial segregation in parts of the US) a network of clubs, theatres, and other venues where black entertainers were able to perform

circuit breaker British & World English

an automatic device for stopping the flow of current in an electric circuit as a safety measure

lecture circuit British & World English

a regular itinerary of venues or events for touring lecturers or public speakers

phantom circuit British & World English

an arrangement of telegraph or other electric wires equivalent to an extra circuit

printed circuit British & World English

an electronic circuit consisting of thin strips of a conducting material such as copper, which have been etched from a layer fixed to a flat insulating sheet called a printed circuit board, and to which integrated circuits and other components are attached

integrated circuit British & World English

an electronic circuit formed on a small piece of semiconducting material, which performs the same function as a larger circuit made from discrete components

sequential circuit British & World English

a circuit whose output depends on the order or timing of the inputs

combinational circuit British & World English

a circuit whose output is dependent only on the state of its inputs

closed-circuit television (abbreviation: CCTV) British & World English

a television system in which video signals are transmitted from one or more cameras by cable to a set of monitors, used especially for security purposes

rubber-chicken British & World English

relating to a series of dinner and lunch appearances made by a politician or other public figures

short-circuit in short circuit British & World English

(with reference to an electrical device) malfunction or fail, or cause to do this, as a result of a short circuit

squelch circuit in squelch British & World English

a circuit that suppresses the output of a radio receiver if the signal strength falls below a certain level

printed circuit board in printed circuit British & World English

an electronic circuit consisting of thin strips of a conducting material such as copper, which have been etched from a layer fixed to a flat insulating sheet called a printed circuit board, and to which integrated circuits and other components are attached

circuit English-French

circuit m

circuit English-German

Schaltung

circuit English-Italian

circuito m

circuit English-Spanish

recorrido, vuelta

short circuit English-French

court-circuit m

short circuit English-Italian

corto m circuito

short circuit English-Spanish

cortocircuito

short-circuit English-Spanish

provocar* un cortocircuito en

court-circuit French-English

shortcircuit

circuit breaker English-French

disjoncteur m

closed-circuit English-German

closed-circuit television

closed-circuit television English-Italian

televisione f a circuito chiuso

closed-circuit television in closed circuit English-Spanish

televisión f en circuito cerrado

être mis hors circuit in circuit French-English

to be put on the sidelines


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