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 |
| active air defense | air defense by the use aircraft or missiles or artillery or electronic countermeasures |
| active matrix screen | a type of LCD screen used for some portable computers, there is a separate circuit for each pixel |
| active placebo | a placebo used in experimental tests of a drug that has noticeable side effects, an active placebo mimics the side effects of the experimental drug |
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 |
| computer circuit | a circuit that is part of a computer |
control circuit
negative feedback circuit | a feedback circuit that subtracts from the input |
drug cocktail
highly active antiretroviral therapy
HAART | a combination of protease inhibitors taken with reverse transcriptase inhibitors, used in treating AIDS and HIV |
feedback circuit
feedback loop | a circuit that feeds back some of the output to the input of a system |
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 |
NAND circuit
NAND gate | a logic gate that produces an output that is the inverse of the output of an AND gate |
| 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 |
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 |
| active application | an application that is currently running and in the foreground |
| 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 |
| active site | the part of an enzyme or antibody where the chemical reaction occurs |
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 |
| active | a person who is a participating member of an organization, the club issues a list of members, both the actives and the retirees |
| active citizen | a citizen who takes an active role in the community (as in crime prevention and neighborhood watch) |
| active trust | a trust in which the trustee must perform certain duties |
| active birth | childbirth during which the mother is encouraged to be an active participant |
| active transport | transport of a substance (as a protein or drug) across a cell membrane against the concentration gradient, requires an expenditure of energy |
active voice
active | the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb, `The boy threw the ball' uses the active voice |
| active immunity | a form of acquired immunity in which the body produces its own antibodies against diseaseausing antigens |
active agent
active | chemical agent capable of activity |
wetting agent
wetter
surfactant
surface-active agent | a chemical agent capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved |
be active
move | be in a state of action, she is always moving |
bypass
short-circuit
go around get around | avoid something unpleasant or laborious, You cannot bypass these rules! |
short-circuit
short | create a short circuit in |