lap circle circuit | movement once around a course, he drove an extra lap just for insurance |
tour circuit | a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area, they took an extended tour of Europe, we took a quick circuit of the park, a ten-day coach circuit of the island |
air filter air cleaner | a filter that removes dust from the air that passes through it |
AND circuit AND gate | a circuit in a computer that fires only when all of its inputs fire |
bridge bridge circuit | a circuit consisting of two branches ( arms arranged in a diamond configuration) across which a meter is connected |
circuit electrical circuit electric circuit | an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow |
circuit board circuit card board card plug-in add-in | a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities |
circuit breaker breaker | a device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloaded |
closed circuit loop | a complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates |
coffee filter | filter (usually of paper) that passes the coffee and retains the coffee grounds |
computer circuit | a circuit that is part of a computer |
control circuit negative feedback circuit | a feedback circuit that subtracts from the input |
feedback circuit feedback loop | a circuit that feeds back some of the output to the input of a system |
filter | device that removes something from whatever passes through it |
filter | an electrical device that alters the frequency spectrum of signals passing through it |
filter bed | filter consisting of a layer of sand or gravel for filtering water |
filter tip | an air filter on the end of a cigarette, contains material that filters the smoke |
filter-tipped cigarette | a cigarette with a filter tip |
fuel filter | a filter in the fuel line that screens out dirt and rust particles from the fuel |
high-pass filter | a filter that passes frequencies above a certain value and attenuates frequencies below that value |
integrated circuit microcircuit | a microelectronic computer circuit incorporated into a chip or semiconductor, a whole system rather than a single component |
light circuit lighting circuit | wiring that provides power to electric lights |
light filter diffusing screen | a transparent filter that reduces the light (or some wavelengths of the light) passing through it |
low-pass filter | a filter that passes frequencies below a certain value and attenuates frequencies above that value |
NAND circuit NAND gate | a logic gate that produces an output that is the inverse of the output of an AND gate |
oil filter | a filter that removes impurities from the oil used to lubricate an internalombustion engine |
open circuit | an incomplete electrical circuit in which no current flows |
OR circuit OR gate | a gate circuit in a computer that fires when any of its inputs fire |
parallel circuit shunt circuit | a closed circuit in which the current divides into two or more paths before recombining to complete the circuit |
printed circuit | computer circuit consisting of an electronic sub-assembly, copper conductors are laminated on an insulating board or card and circuit components are inserted into holes and dip soldered |
pulse timing circuit | a circuit that times pulses |
racing circuit circuit | a racetrack for automobile races |
resonator resonant circuit | an electrical circuit that combines capacitance and inductance in such a way that a periodic electric oscillation will reach maximum amplitude |
series circuit | a circuit having its parts connected serially |
short circuit short | accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference |
squelch circuit squelch squelcher | an electric circuit that cuts off a receiver when the signal becomes weaker than the noise |
tank circuit | an oscillatory circuit |
telephone line phone line telephone circuit subscriber line line | a telephone connection |
water filter | a filter to remove impurities from the water supply |
X-OR circuit XOR circuit XOR gate | gate for exclusive OR, a circuit in a computer that fires only if only one of its inputs fire |
circuit court of appeals | one of the twelve federal United States courts of appeals that cover a group of states known as a `circuit' |
circuit | (law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (soalled because originally judges traveled and held court in different locations), one of the twelve groups of states in the United States that is covered by a particular circuit court of appeals |
circumference circuit | the boundary line encompassing an area or object, he had walked the full circumference of his land, a danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe |
circuit | an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to, she's a familiar name on the club circuit, on the lecture circuit, the judge makes a circuit of the courts in his district, the international tennis circuit |
borscht circuit borsht circuit borscht belt borsht belt | (informal) a resort area in the Catskill Mountains of New York that was patronized primarily by Jewish guests, many comedians learned their trade playing the borscht circuit |
filter paper | a porous unsized paper used for filtering |
bypass short-circuit go around get around | avoid something unpleasant or laborious, You cannot bypass these rules! |
percolate sink in permeate filter | pass through, Water permeates sand easily |
filter filtrate strain separate out filter out | remove by passing through a filter, filter out the impurities |
short-circuit short | create a short circuit in |