Circuit vs Government - What's the difference?
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The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth around the sun.
The circumference of, or distance around, any space; the measure of a line around an area.
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That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.
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The space enclosed within a circle, or within limits.
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(electricity) Enclosed path of an electric current, usually designed for a certain function.
A regular or appointed journeying from place to place in the exercise of one's calling, as of a judge, or a preacher.
(legal) A certain division of a state or country, established by law for a judge or judges to visit, for the administration of justice.
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(Methodist Church) A district in which an itinerant preacher labors.
By analogy to the proceeding three, a set of theaters among which the same acts circulate; especially common in the heyday of vaudeville.
(obsolete) circumlocution
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(obsolete) To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate.
(obsolete) To travel around.
The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization.
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A group of people who hold a monopoly on the legitimate use of force in a given territory.
The state and its administration viewed as the ruling political power.
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, title= (lb) The management or control of a system.
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The tenure of a chief of state.
As nouns the difference between circuit and government
is that circuit is the act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth around the sun while government is the body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization.As a verb circuit
is (obsolete) to move in a circle; to go round; to circulate.circuit
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Noun
(en noun)- Thou hast used no circuit of words.
Verb
(en verb)- Having circuited the air.
government
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Alternative forms
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The rise of smart beta, passage=Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government -bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.}}
Snakes and ladders, passage=Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins.}}