an incomplete electrical circuit through which no current can flow

plural of open circuit

To travel between small towns on horseback, usually to preach or preside over courts of law.

The circuit of the local battery.

plural of circuit rider

The equivalent of an additional electrical circuit or wire, in reality not existing, obtained by certain arrangements of real circuits, as in some multiplex telegraph systems.

plural of phantom circuit

(historical) The chief magistrate of an imperial Chinese circuit, overseeing both its civil operation and local defense.

plural of nano-circuit

Alternative form of nanocircuit