Definition of circuit

• n. - The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth round the sun.
• n. - The circumference of, or distance round, any space; the measure of a line round an area.
• n. - That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.
• n. - The space inclosed within a circle, or within limits.
• n. - A regular or appointed journeying from place to place in the exercise of one's calling, as of a judge, or a preacher.
• n. - A certain division of a state or country, established by law for a judge or judges to visit, for the administration of justice.
• n. - A district in which an itinerant preacher labors.
• n. - Circumlocution.
• v. i. - To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate.
• v. t. - To travel around.