Wiktionary
alt. A path, or an interconnected group of paths (at least one of which is closed), capable of carrying an electric current. n. A path, or an interconnected group of paths (at least one of which is closed), capable of carrying an electric current.
WordNet
n. an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow [syn: circuit, electrical circuit]
Usage examples of "electric circuit".
Its like trying to break an ordinary electric circuit by slicing through high-tension wire with garden shears.
It's like trying to break an ordinary electric circuit by slicing through high-tension wire with garden shears.
Ever since then it has been the rule to speak of the existence of a current within an electric circuit.
The woman's life consisted of filling cartons with electric circuit boards that did something she had no desire to understand, of lunch with one or two fellow workers, sewing, and-for entertainment-church and the newspaper on the day of rest, and television on the other six.
Even if a thief cracked the steering column in an attempt to hot-wire the wag, an electric circuit was connected to a small but frightfully destructive package of plastic explosive inside the firewall.
Personal initiative isn't an electric circuit you can separate from the rest and study.
Personal initiative isnt an electric circuit you can separate from the rest and study.
The electric circuit ends in those antennae at the top, and I even sent current through those, but nothing happened.
His teeth seemed to be linked by an electric circuit which pulsed in time to the jolting in his chest.
If the electric circuit is going through the det, we can be sure that the electric pulse will set off the explosive inside and, in turn, detonate the charge.