circuitry

American  

[sur-ki-tree] / ˈsɜr kɪ tri /

noun

1. the science of designing electric or electronic circuits.

2. the circuits themselves.

3. the components of such circuits.

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circuitry British  

/ ˈsɜːkɪtrɪ /

noun

1. the design of an electrical circuit

2. the system of circuits used in an electronic device

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Etymology

Origin of circuitry

First recorded in 1945–50; circuit + -ry

Example Sentences

Somewhere deep in the limbic system, a synapse fires like a flare, tracing the old circuitry of migration and memory — that annual pull toward the wide-open deserts of the American Southwest.

From Los Angeles Times

It also might be the key to keeping your heat on: A gas heating system often has electrical controls wired into your home’s main circuitry.

From The Wall Street Journal

He moved on to Commodore International, where he designed circuitry for calculators, and later to Seeq Technology, working on chips for computer networks.

From The Wall Street Journal

"It's possible, for instance, that people with specific food anhedonia may have some deficit in the connectivity between brain regions involved in food processing and the reward circuitry."

From Science Daily

The work shows, in theory, that two major barriers to faster photonic circuitry can be addressed at the same time.

From Science Daily

Related Words

• chip
• electronics
• wiring