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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsɜːkɪtɹi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsɝkətɹi/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-circuitry.wav Forms: circuitries [plural]
Etymology: From circuit + -ry. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|circuit|ry}} circuit + -ry Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} circuitry (countable and uncountable, plural circuitries)
  1. (countable) A specific system of electrical circuits in a particular device; (uncountable) the design of such a system. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Systems theory Translations (electrical circuits considered as a group): mikropiiristö (Finnish), circuiterie [feminine] (French), áramkörök (Hungarian), cirkuito (Ido), circuiteria [feminine] (Italian), circuitería [feminine] (Spanish), kasalikupan (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-circuitry-en-noun-ZeHM-GBG Disambiguation of Systems theory: 60 20 20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ry, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 8 11 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ry: 77 12 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 80 10 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 78 12 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 72 16 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 81 11 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 52 22 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 87 7 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 84 8 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 89 7 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 72 16 11 Disambiguation of 'electrical circuits considered as a group': 58 39 3
  2. (uncountable) Electrical (or, by extension, other) circuits considered as a group. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Electricity
    Sense id: en-circuitry-en-noun-LGo0FMTC Disambiguation of Electricity: 27 62 11
  3. (uncountable, figuratively) The brain's neural network. Tags: figuratively, uncountable
    Sense id: en-circuitry-en-noun-g6qqUClN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: macrocircuitry, microcircuitry, minicircuitry, nanocircuitry, neurocircuitry, subcircuitry

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          "text": "Increases in cortical volume translate largely into increases in cortical area, and beneath each area of cortex the cellular composition of the cortical laminae is rather similar. Thus, the operation of making more cortex seems to emphasize local circuitry.",
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          "text": "The first experiment consists in using the evolutionary algorithm for instantiating low level parameters of a connectionist simulation of the lamprey's locomotor circuitry. The second experiment develops potential neural circuits for the swimming and trotting of the salamander; an animal whose locomotor circuitry has currently not been decoded.",
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          "text": "Possible changes in pregnancy to explain increased food intake and consequent increased energy storage have been considered in the context of the neural circuitry in the hypothalamus and brain stem that homeostatically regulates appetite, the mesolimbic circuitry regulating hedonic appetite, and the actions of circulating hormones on or in this circuitry.",
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          "text": "Some argue that the human brain contains structures or circuitry not found in the brains of other animals. [...] Others emphasize the massive increase in human brain size and posit that human behavior is an emergent phenomenon which reflects quantitative increases in neural processing capacity.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999, Rodney Douglas, Christof Koch, Misha Mahowald, Kevan Martin, “The Role of Recurrent Excitation in Neocortical Circuits”, in Philip S. Ulinski, Edward G. Jones, Alan Peters, editors, Models of Cortical Circuits (Cerebral Cortex; 13), New York, N.Y.: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishing, →ISBN, page 254:",
          "text": "Increases in cortical volume translate largely into increases in cortical area, and beneath each area of cortex the cellular composition of the cortical laminae is rather similar. Thus, the operation of making more cortex seems to emphasize local circuitry.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999, Auke Jan Ijspeert, “Synthetic Approaches to Neurobiology: Review and Case Study in the Control of Anguiliform Locomotion”, in Dario Floreano, Jean-Daniel Nicoud, Francesco Mondada, editors, Advances in Artificial Life: 5th European Conference, ECAL’99, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 1999: Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence; 1674), Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, →ISBN, abstract, page 195:",
          "text": "The first experiment consists in using the evolutionary algorithm for instantiating low level parameters of a connectionist simulation of the lamprey's locomotor circuitry. The second experiment develops potential neural circuits for the swimming and trotting of the salamander; an animal whose locomotor circuitry has currently not been decoded.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Paula J. Brunton, John A. Russell, “Maternal Brain Adaptations in Pregnancy”, in Toby M. Plant, Anthony J. Zeleznik, editors, Knobil and Neill’s Physiology of Reproduction, 4th edition, volume 1, London, Waltham, Mass.: Academic Press, →ISBN, part VI (Pregnancy and Lactation), page 1976, column 1:",
          "text": "Possible changes in pregnancy to explain increased food intake and consequent increased energy storage have been considered in the context of the neural circuitry in the hypothalamus and brain stem that homeostatically regulates appetite, the mesolimbic circuitry regulating hedonic appetite, and the actions of circulating hormones on or in this circuitry.",
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        }
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        "The brain's neural network."
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          "brain",
          "brain"
        ],
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          "neural network",
          "neural network"
        ]
      ],
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        "(uncountable, figuratively) The brain's neural network."
      ],
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        "figuratively",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "electrical circuits considered as a group",
      "word": "mikropiiristö"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "electrical circuits considered as a group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "circuiterie"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "electrical circuits considered as a group",
      "word": "áramkörök"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "electrical circuits considered as a group",
      "word": "cirkuito"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "electrical circuits considered as a group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "circuiteria"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "electrical circuits considered as a group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "circuitería"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "electrical circuits considered as a group",
      "word": "kasalikupan"
    }
  ],
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}

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