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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

电路

Pronunciation / Transliteration: diànlù

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Circuit/ˈsɜːr.kɪt/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2100 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"电流通过电路流动。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A complete and closed path through which electric current can flow.

    "An electrical circuit must be closed for current to flow."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'circuitus', meaning 'a going around' or 'revolution', from 'circumire' (to go around, from 'circum' around + 'ire' to go). It entered Middle English in the 14th century via Old French, originally denoting a geographical boundary or a journey around an area before expanding to mean a closed path for electrical current or a recurring series of events.

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