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Circuit vs Runway - What's the difference?

circuit | runway |

As nouns the difference between circuit and runway

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 runway is an airstrip, a (usually) paved section on which planes land or take off.

As a verb circuit

is (obsolete) to move in a circle; to go round; to circulate.

circuit

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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
  • * Huloet
  • Thou hast used no circuit of words.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate.
  • (obsolete) To travel around.
  • Having circuited the air.
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    runway

    English

    (wikipedia runway)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • an airstrip, a (usually) paved section on which planes land or take off
  • a narrow platform extending from a stage on which people walk, especially used by models in fashion shows
  • the usual path taken by deer or other wild animals, i.e. from the forest to the stream
  • a stream bed
  • Synonyms

    * (platform for fashion shows): catwalk

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