electric circuit

American  

noun

1. circuit.

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electric circuit British  

noun

1. physics another name for circuit

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Etymology

Origin of electric circuit

First recorded in 1760–70

Example Sentences

If you have to evacuate, you should disconnect all electrical appliances or turn off electric circuits at the fuse box or circuit breaker panel.

From Los Angeles Times

In the words of the committee, "the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit".

From BBC

That electric circuit begins to release tiny amounts of the gels to the taste buds.

From NewsForKids.net

Examining the antenna, Dr. Penzias and Dr. Wilson “subjected its electric circuits to scrutiny comparable to that used in preparing a manned spacecraft,” Walter Sullivan wrote in The New York Times in 1965.

From New York Times

“There are many unsuspected links that can exist over different spatial scales, ranging from microbes in the soil and plant-pollinator interactions to insect swarms and the global electric circuit,” he said.

From New York Times