| slovo | definícia |
circuit
(mass) | circuit
- obeh |
circuit
(encz) | circuit,kruh pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
circuit
(encz) | circuit,obchůzka Zdeněk Brož |
circuit
(encz) | circuit,obvod n: "elektrický" |
circuit
(encz) | circuit,okruh pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
Circuit
(gcide) | Circuit \Cir"cuit\, n. [F. circuit, fr. L. circuitus, fr.
circuire or circumire to go around; circum around + ire to
go.]
1. The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle
or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the
earth round the sun. --Watts.
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2. The circumference of, or distance round, any space; the
measure of a line round an area.
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The circuit or compass of Ireland is 1,800 miles.
--J. Stow.
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3. That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.
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The golden circuit on my head. --Shak.
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4. The space inclosed within a circle, or within limits.
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A circuit wide inclosed with goodliest trees.
--Milton.
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5. A regular or appointed journeying from place to place in
the exercise of one's calling, as of a judge, or a
preacher.
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6.
(a) (Law) A certain division of a state or country,
established by law for a judge or judges to visit, for
the administration of justice. --Bouvier.
(b) (Methodist Church) A district in which an itinerant
preacher labors.
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7. Circumlocution. [Obs.] "Thou hast used no circuit of
words." --Huloet.
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Circuit court (Law), a court which sits successively in
different places in its circuit (see Circuit, 6). In the
United States, the federal circuit courts are commonly
presided over by a judge of the supreme court, or a
special circuit judge, together with the judge of the
district court. They have jurisdiction within statutory
limits, both in law and equity, in matters of federal
cognizance. Some of the individual States also have
circuit courts, which have general statutory jurisdiction
of the same class, in matters of State cognizance.
Circuit of action or Circuity of action (Law), a longer
course of proceedings than is necessary to attain the
object in view.
To make a circuit, to go around; to go a roundabout way.
Voltaic circle or Galvanic circle or Voltaic circuit or
Galvanic circuit, a continous electrical communication
between the two poles of a battery; an arrangement of
voltaic elements or couples with proper conductors, by
which a continuous current of electricity is established.
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Circuit
(gcide) | Circuit \Cir"cuit\, v. i.
To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate. [Obs.] --J.
Philips.
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Circuit
(gcide) | Circuit \Cir"cuit\, v. t.
To travel around. [Obs.] "Having circuited the air." --T.
Warton.
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circuit
(wn) | circuit
n 1: an electrical device that provides a path for electrical
current to flow [syn: circuit, electrical circuit,
electric circuit]
2: 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" [syn: tour, circuit]
3: 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"
4: 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" [syn:
circumference, circuit]
5: (law) a judicial division of a state or the United States
(so-called 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
6: a racetrack for automobile races [syn: racing circuit,
circuit]
7: movement once around a course; "he drove an extra lap just
for insurance" [syn: lap, circle, circuit]
v 1: make a circuit; "They were circuiting about the state" |
circuit
(foldoc) | circuit
1. A communications path in a {circuit
switching} network.
2. A complete path through which an electric
current can flow.
The term is used loosely for any device or subsystem using
electrical or electronic components. E.g. "That lightning
bolt fried the circuits in my GPS receiver". An {integrated
circuit} (IC) contains components built on a Silicon die.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
circuit
(mass) | circuit
- obeh |
short circuit
(mass) | short circuit
- skrat, krátke |
circuit
(encz) | circuit,kruh pcernoch@imc.cas.czcircuit,obchůzka Zdeněk Brožcircuit,obvod n: "elektrický" circuit,okruh pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
circuit board
(encz) | circuit board,obvodová deska n: [el.] Nijel |
circuit breaker
(encz) | circuit breaker,jistič n: Nijelcircuit breaker,vypínač Zdeněk Brož |
circuit card
(encz) | circuit card, n: |
circuit court
(encz) | circuit court,obvodní soud Zdeněk Brož |
circuit court of appeals
(encz) | circuit court of appeals, n: |
circuit diagram
(encz) | circuit diagram,schéma obvodu n: [el.] Ivan Masár |
circuital
(encz) | circuital, |
circuitous
(encz) | circuitous,neupřímný adj: Zdeněk Brožcircuitous,zdlouhavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
circuitously
(encz) | circuitously,zdlouhavě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
circuitousness
(encz) | circuitousness,rozvláčnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
circuitry
(encz) | circuitry,obvody Zdeněk Brožcircuitry,systém obvodů Zdeněk Brož |
circuits
(encz) | circuits,obvody n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
circuity
(encz) | circuity,odbíhání n: Zdeněk Brožcircuity,odbočování n: Zdeněk Brož |
closed circuit
(encz) | closed circuit,uzavřený obvod Zdeněk Brož |
closed circuit television
(encz) | closed circuit television,uzavřený televizní okruh web |
closed-circuit
(encz) | closed-circuit,uzavřený obvod Zdeněk Brož |
closed-circuit television
(encz) | closed-circuit television, |
computer circuit
(encz) | computer circuit, n: |
control circuit
(encz) | control circuit, n: |
electric circuit
(encz) | electric circuit, n: |
electrical circuit
(encz) | electrical circuit, n: |
feedback circuit
(encz) | feedback circuit, n: |
integrated circuit
(encz) | integrated circuit,integrovaný obvod joe@hw.cz |
light circuit
(encz) | light circuit, n: |
lighting circuit
(encz) | lighting circuit, n: |
make a circuit
(encz) | make a circuit,obejít [fráz.] (make a circuit of = obejít
co) pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
microcircuit
(encz) | microcircuit,mikroobvod n: Zdeněk Brož |
negative feedback circuit
(encz) | negative feedback circuit, n: |
open circuit
(encz) | open circuit,otevřený okruh n: [el.] Petr Menšík |
parallel circuit
(encz) | parallel circuit,paralelní obvod [el.] Clock |
printed circuit
(encz) | printed circuit,plošný obvod Zdeněk Brožprinted circuit,plošný spoj Zdeněk Brož |
pulse timing circuit
(encz) | pulse timing circuit, n: |
racing circuit
(encz) | racing circuit,závodní okruh n: Michal Ambrož |
resonant circuit
(encz) | resonant circuit, n: |
series circuit
(encz) | series circuit, n: |
short circuit
(encz) | short circuit,krátké short circuit,krátké spojení pcernoch@imc.cas.czshort circuit,spojení short circuit,zkrat n: Zdeněk Brožshort circuit,zkratovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
short-circuit
(encz) | short-circuit,přemostit v: Zdeněk Brožshort-circuit,spojení nakrátko Zdeněk Brožshort-circuit,zkratovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
shunt circuit
(encz) | shunt circuit, n: |
squelch circuit
(encz) | squelch circuit, n: |
tank circuit
(encz) | tank circuit, n: |
telephone circuit
(encz) | telephone circuit, n: |
closed-circuit television
(czen) | Closed-circuit television,CCTV[zkr.] PetrV |
monolithic microwave integrated circuit
(czen) | Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit,MMIC[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
very high speed integrated circuit
(czen) | Very High Speed Integrated Circuit,VHSIC[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
Break-circuit
(gcide) | Break-circuit \Break"-cir`cuit\, n. (Elec.)
A key or other device for breaking an electrical circuit.
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circuit breaker
(gcide) | circuit breaker \cir"cuit break"er\, n. (Elec.)
A device contained within an electrical circuit designed to
interrupt the circuit when the current exceeds a preset
value; it is sometimes called a contact breaker. Its
function is to prevent fire or damage to the circuit or the
devices on the circuit which could be caused by excess
current, such as that caused by a short-circuit. It differs
from a fuse in not having a conducting element which melts
(see 2nd fuse, n.). Circuit breakers are designed to be
easily reset, i. e. to reclose the circuit after it has been
opened by the circuit breaker; this is usually accomplished
by simply moving a switch back and forth. They are commonly
used in buildings to protect individual electrical lines, and
are often contained in groups within a box called a circuit
breaker panel, which divides the current from a main
electrical line into multiple circuits each protected by a
separate circuit breaker. Less commonly they may be found on
individual devices.
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Circuit court
(gcide) | Circuit \Cir"cuit\, n. [F. circuit, fr. L. circuitus, fr.
circuire or circumire to go around; circum around + ire to
go.]
1. The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle
or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the
earth round the sun. --Watts.
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2. The circumference of, or distance round, any space; the
measure of a line round an area.
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The circuit or compass of Ireland is 1,800 miles.
--J. Stow.
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3. That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.
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The golden circuit on my head. --Shak.
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4. The space inclosed within a circle, or within limits.
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A circuit wide inclosed with goodliest trees.
--Milton.
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5. A regular or appointed journeying from place to place in
the exercise of one's calling, as of a judge, or a
preacher.
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6.
(a) (Law) A certain division of a state or country,
established by law for a judge or judges to visit, for
the administration of justice. --Bouvier.
(b) (Methodist Church) A district in which an itinerant
preacher labors.
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7. Circumlocution. [Obs.] "Thou hast used no circuit of
words." --Huloet.
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Circuit court (Law), a court which sits successively in
different places in its circuit (see Circuit, 6). In the
United States, the federal circuit courts are commonly
presided over by a judge of the supreme court, or a
special circuit judge, together with the judge of the
district court. They have jurisdiction within statutory
limits, both in law and equity, in matters of federal
cognizance. Some of the individual States also have
circuit courts, which have general statutory jurisdiction
of the same class, in matters of State cognizance.
Circuit of action or Circuity of action (Law), a longer
course of proceedings than is necessary to attain the
object in view.
To make a circuit, to go around; to go a roundabout way.
Voltaic circle or Galvanic circle or Voltaic circuit or
Galvanic circuit, a continous electrical communication
between the two poles of a battery; an arrangement of
voltaic elements or couples with proper conductors, by
which a continuous current of electricity is established.
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Circuit of action
(gcide) | Circuit \Cir"cuit\, n. [F. circuit, fr. L. circuitus, fr.
circuire or circumire to go around; circum around + ire to
go.]
1. The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle
or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the
earth round the sun. --Watts.
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2. The circumference of, or distance round, any space; the
measure of a line round an area.
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The circuit or compass of Ireland is 1,800 miles.
--J. Stow.
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3. That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.
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The golden circuit on my head. --Shak.
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4. The space inclosed within a circle, or within limits.
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A circuit wide inclosed with goodliest trees.
--Milton.
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5. A regular or appointed journeying from place to place in
the exercise of one's calling, as of a judge, or a
preacher.
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6.
(a) (Law) A certain division of a state or country,
established by law for a judge or judges to visit, for
the administration of justice. --Bouvier.
(b) (Methodist Church) A district in which an itinerant
preacher labors.
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7. Circumlocution. [Obs.] "Thou hast used no circuit of
words." --Huloet.
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Circuit court (Law), a court which sits successively in
different places in its circuit (see Circuit, 6). In the
United States, the federal circuit courts are commonly
presided over by a judge of the supreme court, or a
special circuit judge, together with the judge of the
district court. They have jurisdiction within statutory
limits, both in law and equity, in matters of federal
cognizance. Some of the individual States also have
circuit courts, which have general statutory jurisdiction
of the same class, in matters of State cognizance.
Circuit of action or Circuity of action (Law), a longer
course of proceedings than is necessary to attain the
object in view.
To make a circuit, to go around; to go a roundabout way.
Voltaic circle or Galvanic circle or Voltaic circuit or
Galvanic circuit, a continous electrical communication
between the two poles of a battery; an arrangement of
voltaic elements or couples with proper conductors, by
which a continuous current of electricity is established.
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Circuiteer
(gcide) | Circuiteer \Cir`cuit*eer"\, n.
A circuiter. --Pope.
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Circuiter
(gcide) | Circuiter \Cir"cuit*er\, n.
One who travels a circuit, as a circuit judge. [R.] --R.
Whitlock.
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Circuition
(gcide) | Circuition \Cir`cu*i"tion\, n. [L. circuitio. See Circuit.]
The act of going round; circumlocution. [R.]
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Circuitous
(gcide) | Circuitous \Cir*cu"i*tous\, a. [LL. circuitosus.]
Going round in a circuit; roundabout; indirect; as, a
circuitous road; a circuitous manner of accomplishing an end.
-- Cir*cu"i*tous*ly, adv. -- Cir*cu"i*tous*ness, n.
Syn: Tortuous; winding; sinuous; serpentine.
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Circuitously
(gcide) | Circuitous \Cir*cu"i*tous\, a. [LL. circuitosus.]
Going round in a circuit; roundabout; indirect; as, a
circuitous road; a circuitous manner of accomplishing an end.
-- Cir*cu"i*tous*ly, adv. -- Cir*cu"i*tous*ness, n.
Syn: Tortuous; winding; sinuous; serpentine.
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Circuitousness
(gcide) | Circuitous \Cir*cu"i*tous\, a. [LL. circuitosus.]
Going round in a circuit; roundabout; indirect; as, a
circuitous road; a circuitous manner of accomplishing an end.
-- Cir*cu"i*tous*ly, adv. -- Cir*cu"i*tous*ness, n.
Syn: Tortuous; winding; sinuous; serpentine.
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Circuity
(gcide) | Circuity \Cir*cu"i*ty\, n.
A going round in a circle; a course not direct; a roundabout
way of proceeding.
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Circuity of action
(gcide) | Circuit \Cir"cuit\, n. [F. circuit, fr. L. circuitus, fr.
circuire or circumire to go around; circum around + ire to
go.]
1. The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle
or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the
earth round the sun. --Watts.
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2. The circumference of, or distance round, any space; the
measure of a line round an area.
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The circuit or compass of Ireland is 1,800 miles.
--J. Stow.
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3. That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.
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The golden circuit on my head. --Shak.
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4. The space inclosed within a circle, or within limits.
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A circuit wide inclosed with goodliest trees.
--Milton.
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5. A regular or appointed journeying from place to place in
the exercise of one's calling, as of a judge, or a
preacher.
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6.
(a) (Law) A certain division of a state or country,
established by law for a judge or judges to visit, for
the administration of justice. --Bouvier.
(b) (Methodist Church) A district in which an itinerant
preacher labors.
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7. Circumlocution. [Obs.] "Thou hast used no circuit of
words." --Huloet.
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Circuit court (Law), a court which sits successively in
different places in its circuit (see Circuit, 6). In the
United States, the federal circuit courts are commonly
presided over by a judge of the supreme court, or a
special circuit judge, together with the judge of the
district court. They have jurisdiction within statutory
limits, both in law and equity, in matters of federal
cognizance. Some of the individual States also have
circuit courts, which have general statutory jurisdiction
of the same class, in matters of State cognizance.
Circuit of action or Circuity of action (Law), a longer
course of proceedings than is necessary to attain the
object in view.
To make a circuit, to go around; to go a roundabout way.
Voltaic circle or Galvanic circle or Voltaic circuit or
Galvanic circuit, a continous electrical communication
between the two poles of a battery; an arrangement of
voltaic elements or couples with proper conductors, by
which a continuous current of electricity is established.
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Galvanic circuit
(gcide) | Galvanic \Gal*van"ic\, a. [From Galvani, a professor of
physiology at Bologna, on account of his connection (about
1780) with the discovery of dynamical or current electricity:
cf. F. galvanique.]
Of or pertaining to, or exhibiting the phenomena of,
galvanism; employing or producing electrical currents.
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Galvanic battery (Elec.), an apparatus for generating
electrical currents by the mutual action of certain
liquids and metals; -- now usually called {voltaic
battery}. See Battery.
Galvanic circuit or Galvanic circle. (Elec.) See under
Circuit.
Galvanic pile (Elec.), the voltaic pile. See under
Voltaic.
[1913 Webster]Circuit \Cir"cuit\, n. [F. circuit, fr. L. circuitus, fr.
circuire or circumire to go around; circum around + ire to
go.]
1. The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle
or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the
earth round the sun. --Watts.
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2. The circumference of, or distance round, any space; the
measure of a line round an area.
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The circuit or compass of Ireland is 1,800 miles.
--J. Stow.
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3. That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.
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The golden circuit on my head. --Shak.
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4. The space inclosed within a circle, or within limits.
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A circuit wide inclosed with goodliest trees.
--Milton.
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5. A regular or appointed journeying from place to place in
the exercise of one's calling, as of a judge, or a
preacher.
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6.
(a) (Law) A certain division of a state or country,
established by law for a judge or judges to visit, for
the administration of justice. --Bouvier.
(b) (Methodist Church) A district in which an itinerant
preacher labors.
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7. Circumlocution. [Obs.] "Thou hast used no circuit of
words." --Huloet.
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Circuit court (Law), a court which sits successively in
different places in its circuit (see Circuit, 6). In the
United States, the federal circuit courts are commonly
presided over by a judge of the supreme court, or a
special circuit judge, together with the judge of the
district court. They have jurisdiction within statutory
limits, both in law and equity, in matters of federal
cognizance. Some of the individual States also have
circuit courts, which have general statutory jurisdiction
of the same class, in matters of State cognizance.
Circuit of action or Circuity of action (Law), a longer
course of proceedings than is necessary to attain the
object in view.
To make a circuit, to go around; to go a roundabout way.
Voltaic circle or Galvanic circle or Voltaic circuit or
Galvanic circuit, a continous electrical communication
between the two poles of a battery; an arrangement of
voltaic elements or couples with proper conductors, by
which a continuous current of electricity is established.
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intendant of circuit
(gcide) | Taotai \Tao`tai"\, n. [Chin. tao circuit + t'ai, a title of
respect.]
In China, an official at the head of the civil and military
affairs of a circuit, which consists of two or more fu, or
territorial departments; -- called also, by foreigners,
intendant of circuit. Foreign consuls and commissioners
associated with taotais as superintendants of trade at the
treaty ports are ranked with the taotai.
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Local circuit
(gcide) | Local \Lo"cal\ (l[=o]"kal), a. [L. localis, fr. locus place: cf.
F. local. See Lieu, Locus.]
Of or pertaining to a particular place, or to a definite
region or portion of space; restricted to one place or
region; as, a local custom.
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Gives to airy nothing
A local habitation and a name. --Shak.
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Local actions (Law), actions such as must be brought in a
particular county, where the cause arises; --
distinguished from transitory actions.
Local affection (Med.), a disease or ailment confined to a
particular part or organ, and not directly affecting the
system.
Local attraction (Magnetism), an attraction near a compass,
causing its needle to deviate from its proper direction,
especially on shipboard.
Local battery (Teleg.), the battery which actuates the
recording instruments of a telegraphic station, as
distinguished from the battery furnishing a current for
the line.
Local circuit (Teleg.), the circuit of the local battery.
Local color.
(a) (Paint.) The color which belongs to an object, and is not
caused by accidental influences, as of reflection,
shadow, etc.
(b) (Literature) Peculiarities of the place and its
inhabitants where the scene of an action or story is
laid.
Local option, the right or obligation of determining by
popular vote within certain districts, as in each county,
city, or town, whether the sale of alcoholic beverages
within the district shall be allowed.
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Open circuit
(gcide) | Open \O"pen\, a. [AS. open; akin to D. open, OS. opan, G. offan,
Icel. opinn, Sw. ["o]ppen, Dan. aaben, and perh. to E. up.
Cf. Up, and Ope.]
1. Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording
unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing
passage; not locked up or covered over; -- applied to
passageways; as, an open door, window, road, etc.; also,
to inclosed structures or objects; as, open houses, boxes,
baskets, bottles, etc.; also, to means of communication or
approach by water or land; as, an open harbor or
roadstead.
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Through the gate,
Wide open and unguarded, Satan passed. --Milton
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Note: Also, figuratively, used of the ways of communication
of the mind, as by the senses; ready to hear, see,
etc.; as, to keep one's eyes and ears open.
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His ears are open unto their cry. --Ps. xxxiv.
15.
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2. Free to be used, enjoyed, visited, or the like; not
private; public; unrestricted in use; as, an open library,
museum, court, or other assembly; liable to the approach,
trespass, or attack of any one; unprotected; exposed.
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If Demetrius . . . have a matter against any man,
the law is open and there are deputies. --Acts xix.
33.
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The service that I truly did his life,
Hath left me open to all injuries. --Shak.
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3. Free or cleared of obstruction to progress or to view;
accessible; as, an open tract; the open sea.
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4. Not drawn together, closed, or contracted; extended;
expanded; as, an open hand; open arms; an open flower; an
open prospect.
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Each, with open arms, embraced her chosen knight.
--Dryden.
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5. Hence:
(a) Without reserve or false pretense; sincere;
characterized by sincerity; unfeigned; frank; also,
generous; liberal; bounteous; -- applied to personal
appearance, or character, and to the expression of
thought and feeling, etc.
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With aspect open, shall erect his head. --Pope.
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The Moor is of a free and open nature. --Shak.
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The French are always open, familiar, and
talkative. --Addison.
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(b) Not concealed or secret; not hidden or disguised;
exposed to view or to knowledge; revealed; apparent;
as, open schemes or plans; open shame or guilt; open
source code.
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His thefts are too open. --Shak.
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That I may find him, and with secret gaze
Or open admiration him behold. --Milton.
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6. Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing
water ways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or
inclement; mild; -- used of the weather or the climate;
as, an open season; an open winter. --Bacon.
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7. Not settled or adjusted; not decided or determined; not
closed or withdrawn from consideration; as, an open
account; an open question; to keep an offer or opportunity
open.
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8. Free; disengaged; unappropriated; as, to keep a day open
for any purpose; to be open for an engagement.
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9. (Phon.)
(a) Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the
articulating organs; -- said of vowels; as, the [aum]n
f[aum]r is open as compared with the [=a] in s[=a]y.
(b) Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply
narrowed without closure, as in uttering s.
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10. (Mus.)
(a) Not closed or stopped with the finger; -- said of the
string of an instrument, as of a violin, when it is
allowed to vibrate throughout its whole length.
(b) Produced by an open string; as, an open tone.
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The open air, the air out of doors.
Open chain. (Chem.) See Closed chain, under Chain.
Open circuit (Elec.), a conducting circuit which is
incomplete, or interrupted at some point; -- opposed to an
uninterrupted, or closed circuit.
Open communion, communion in the Lord's supper not
restricted to persons who have been baptized by immersion.
Cf. Close communion, under Close, a.
Open diapason (Mus.), a certain stop in an organ, in which
the pipes or tubes are formed like the mouthpiece of a
flageolet at the end where the wind enters, and are open
at the other end.
Open flank (Fort.), the part of the flank covered by the
orillon.
Open-front furnace (Metal.), a blast furnace having a
forehearth.
Open harmony (Mus.), harmony the tones of which are widely
dispersed, or separated by wide intervals.
Open hawse (Naut.), a hawse in which the cables are
parallel or slightly divergent. Cf. Foul hawse, under
Hawse.
Open hearth (Metal.), the shallow hearth of a reverberatory
furnace.
Open-hearth furnace, a reverberatory furnace; esp., a kind
of reverberatory furnace in which the fuel is gas, used in
manufacturing steel.
Open-hearth process (Steel Manuf.), a process by which
melted cast iron is converted into steel by the addition
of wrought iron, or iron ore and manganese, and by
exposure to heat in an open-hearth furnace; -- also called
the Siemens-Martin process, from the inventors.
Open-hearth steel, steel made by an open-hearth process; --
also called Siemens-Martin steel.
Open newel. (Arch.) See Hollow newel, under Hollow.
Open pipe (Mus.), a pipe open at the top. It has a pitch
about an octave higher than a closed pipe of the same
length.
Open-timber roof (Arch.), a roof of which the
constructional parts, together with the under side of the
covering, or its lining, are treated ornamentally, and
left to form the ceiling of an apartment below, as in a
church, a public hall, and the like.
Open vowel or Open consonant. See Open, a., 9.
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Note: Open is used in many compounds, most of which are
self-explaining; as, open-breasted, open-minded.
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Syn: Unclosed; uncovered; unprotected; exposed; plain;
apparent; obvious; evident; public; unreserved; frank;
sincere; undissembling; artless. See Candid, and
Ingenuous.
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Phantom circuit
(gcide) | Phantom circuit \Phantom circuit\ (Elec.)
The equivalent of an additional circuit or wire, in reality
not existing, obtained by certain arrangements of real
circuits, as in some multiplex telegraph systems.
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Secondary circuit
(gcide) | Secondary \Sec"ond*a*ry\, a. [Cf. F. secondaire, L. secundaire.
See Second, a.]
1. Succeeding next in order to the first; of second place,
origin, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the
first order or rate.
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Wheresoever there is moral right on the one hand, no
secondary right can discharge it. --L'Estrange.
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Two are the radical differences; the secondary
differences are as four. --Bacon.
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2. Acting by deputation or delegated authority; as, the work
of secondary hands.
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3. (Chem.) Possessing some quality, or having been subject to
some operation (as substitution), in the second degree;
as, a secondary salt, a secondary amine, etc. Cf.
primary.
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Note: A primary amine has the general formula R.NH2; a
secondary amine has the general formula R.NH.R',
where R and R' are alkyl or aryl groups. A primary
alcohol has the general formula R.CH2.OH; a secondary
alcohol has the general formula R.CHOH.R'. Tertiary
amines and alcohols have the general formulas
R.CR'N.R' and R.CR'OH.R', respectively.
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4. (Min.) Subsequent in origin; -- said of minerals produced
by alteration or deposition subsequent to the formation of
the original rock mass; also of characters of minerals (as
secondary cleavage, etc.) developed by pressure or other
causes.
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5. (Zool.) Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a
bird.
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6. (Med.)
(a) Dependent or consequent upon another disease; as,
Bright's disease is often secondary to scarlet fever.
(b) Occurring in the second stage of a disease; as, the
secondary symptoms of syphilis.
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Secondary accent. See the Note under Accent, n., 1.
Secondary age. (Geol.) The Mesozoic age, or age before the
Tertiary. See Mesozoic, and Note under Age, n., 8.
Secondary alcohol (Chem.), any one of a series of alcohols
which contain the radical CH.OH united with two
hydrocarbon radicals. On oxidation the secondary alcohols
form ketones.
Secondary amputation (Surg.), an amputation for injury,
performed after the constitutional effects of the injury
have subsided.
Secondary axis (Opt.), any line which passes through the
optical center of a lens but not through the centers of
curvature, or, in the case of a mirror, which passes
through the center of curvature but not through the center
of the mirror.
Secondary battery. (Elec.) See under Battery, n., 4.
Secondary circle (Geom. & Astron.), a great circle that
passes through the poles of another great circle and is
therefore perpendicular to its plane.
Secondary circuit, Secondary coil (Elec.), a circuit or
coil in which a current is produced by the induction of a
current in a neighboring circuit or coil called the
primary circuit or coil.
Secondary color, a color formed by mixing any two primary
colors in equal proportions.
Secondary coverts (Zool.), the longer coverts which overlie
the basal part of the secondary quills of a bird. See
Illust. under Bird.
Secondary crystal (Min.), a crystal derived from one of the
primary forms.
Secondary current (Elec.), a momentary current induced in a
closed circuit by a current of electricity passing through
the same or a contiguous circuit at the beginning and also
at the end of the passage of the primary current.
Secondary evidence, that which is admitted upon failure to
obtain the primary or best evidence.
Secondary fever (Med.), a fever coming on in a disease
after the subsidence of the fever with which the disease
began, as the fever which attends the outbreak of the
eruption in smallpox.
Secondary hemorrhage (Med.), hemorrhage occuring from a
wounded blood vessel at some considerable time after the
original bleeding has ceased.
Secondary planet. (Astron.) See the Note under Planet.
Secondary qualities, those qualities of bodies which are
not inseparable from them as such, but are dependent for
their development and intensity on the organism of the
percipient, such as color, taste, odor, etc.
Secondary quills or Secondary remiges (Zool.), the quill
feathers arising from the forearm of a bird and forming a
row continuous with the primaries; -- called also
secondaries. See Illust. of Bird.
Secondary rocks or Secondary strata (Geol.), those lying
between the Primary, or Paleozoic, and Tertiary (see
Primary rocks, under Primary); -- later restricted to
strata of the Mesozoic age, and at present but little
used.
Secondary syphilis (Med.), the second stage of syphilis,
including the period from the first development of
constitutional symptoms to the time when the bones and the
internal organs become involved.
Secondary tint, any subdued tint, as gray.
Secondary union (Surg.), the union of wounds after
suppuration; union by the second intention.
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Syn: Second; second-rate; subordinate; inferior.
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Short circuit
(gcide) | Short circuit \Short" cir"cuit\ (Elec.)
A circuit formed or closed by a conductor of relatively low
resistance because shorter or of relatively great
conductivity.
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