"electric circuit" meaning in English

See electric circuit in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: electric circuits [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} electric circuit (plural electric circuits)
  1. A path, or an interconnected group of paths (at least one of which is closed), capable of carrying an electric current. Wikipedia link: electric circuit Synonyms: electrical circuit Translations (path or interconnected group of paths (at least one of which is closed) that can carry an electric current): elektrisk kredsløb [neuter] (Danish), elektriahel (Estonian), vooluahel (Estonian), virtapiiri (Finnish), circuit électrique [masculine] (French), Stromkreis [masculine] (German), rafrás [feminine] (Icelandic), rafstraumsrás [feminine] (Icelandic), rás [feminine] (Icelandic), straumrás [feminine] (Icelandic), rangkaian listrik (Indonesian), elektriskā ķēde [feminine] (Latvian), litar elektrik (Malay), circuito elétrico [masculine] (Portuguese), circuit electric [neuter] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-electric_circuit-en-noun-sIeNtqx9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for electric circuit meaning in English (3.7kB)

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "electric circuits",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "electric circuit (plural electric circuits)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A path, or an interconnected group of paths (at least one of which is closed), capable of carrying an electric current."
      ],
      "id": "en-electric_circuit-en-noun-sIeNtqx9",
      "links": [
        [
          "path",
          "path"
        ],
        [
          "closed",
          "closed"
        ],
        [
          "electric current",
          "electric current"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "electrical circuit"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "path or interconnected group of paths (at least one of which is closed) that can carry an electric current",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "elektrisk kredsløb"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "path or interconnected group of paths (at least one of which is closed) that can carry an electric current",
          "word": "elektriahel"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "path or interconnected group of paths (at least one of which is closed) that can carry an electric current",
          "word": "vooluahel"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "path or interconnected group of paths (at least one of which is closed) that can carry an electric current",
          "word": "virtapiiri"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "path or interconnected group of paths (at least one of which is closed) that can carry an electric current",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "circuit électrique"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "path or interconnected group of paths (at least one of which is closed) that can carry an electric current",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Stromkreis"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "path or interconnected group of paths (at least one of which is closed) that can carry an electric current",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "rafrás"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "path or interconnected group of paths (at least one of which is closed) that can carry an electric current",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "rafstraumsrás"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "path or interconnected group of paths (at least one of which is closed) that can carry an electric current",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "rás"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "path or interconnected group of paths (at least one of which is closed) that can carry an electric current",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "straumrás"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "path or interconnected group of paths (at least one of which is closed) that can carry an electric current",
          "word": "rangkaian listrik"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "path or interconnected group of paths (at least one of which is closed) that can carry an electric current",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "elektriskā ķēde"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "path or interconnected group of paths (at least one of which is closed) that can carry an electric current",
          "word": "litar elektrik"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "path or interconnected group of paths (at least one of which is closed) that can carry an electric current",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "circuito elétrico"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "path or interconnected group of paths (at least one of which is closed) that can carry an electric current",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "circuit electric"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "electric circuit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "electric circuit"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "electric circuits",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "electric circuit (plural electric circuits)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A path, or an interconnected group of paths (at least one of which is closed), capable of carrying an electric current."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "path",
          "path"
        ],
        [
          "closed",
          "closed"
        ],
        [
          "electric current",
          "electric current"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "electric circuit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "electrical circuit"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "path or interconnected group of paths (at least one of which is closed) that can carry an electric current",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "elektrisk kredsløb"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "path or interconnected group of paths (at least one of which is closed) that can carry an electric current",
      "word": "elektriahel"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "path or interconnected group of paths (at least one of which is closed) that can carry an electric current",
      "word": "vooluahel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "path or interconnected group of paths (at least one of which is closed) that can carry an electric current",
      "word": "virtapiiri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "path or interconnected group of paths (at least one of which is closed) that can carry an electric current",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "circuit électrique"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "path or interconnected group of paths (at least one of which is closed) that can carry an electric current",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Stromkreis"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "path or interconnected group of paths (at least one of which is closed) that can carry an electric current",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rafrás"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "path or interconnected group of paths (at least one of which is closed) that can carry an electric current",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rafstraumsrás"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "path or interconnected group of paths (at least one of which is closed) that can carry an electric current",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rás"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "path or interconnected group of paths (at least one of which is closed) that can carry an electric current",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "straumrás"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "path or interconnected group of paths (at least one of which is closed) that can carry an electric current",
      "word": "rangkaian listrik"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "path or interconnected group of paths (at least one of which is closed) that can carry an electric current",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "elektriskā ķēde"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "path or interconnected group of paths (at least one of which is closed) that can carry an electric current",
      "word": "litar elektrik"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "path or interconnected group of paths (at least one of which is closed) that can carry an electric current",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "circuito elétrico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "path or interconnected group of paths (at least one of which is closed) that can carry an electric current",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "circuit electric"
    }
  ],
  "word": "electric circuit"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.