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Circuitry

Definition: Circuitry

Circuitry

Noun

1. Electronic equipment consisting of a system of circuits.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "circuitry" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1985. (references)


Specialty Definitions: Circuitry

DomainDefinitions

Electrical Engineering

The complete combination of circuits in a piece of electronic equipment. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: Circuitry

English words defined with "circuitry": interfaceport. (references)
Specialty definitions using "circuitry": add-on, astro-technicianbit rot, BONDER, SEMICONDUCTOR, brake inspectorCALIBRATION LABORATORY TECHNICIAN, car checker, Chip Scale Packaging, chip set, circuit board inspector, classification inspector, coherent radar, compensated amplifier, COMPUTERIZED ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL INSTALLERDRAWINGS CHECKER, ENGINEERINGELECTRICAL AND RADIO MOCK-UP MECHANIC, ELECTRICAL TECHNICIAN, ELECTRICAL-DISCHARGE-MACHINE SET-UP OPERATOR, ELECTRIC-DISTRIBUTION CHECKER, ELECTRICIAN, POWERHOUSE, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT SET-UP OPERATOR, ENGINEER-IN-CHARGE, STUDIO OPERATIONS, equipment inspector, ESTIMATOR AND DRAFTER, ETCH OPERATOR, SEMICONDUCTOR WAFERS, ETCHER-STRIPPER, SEMICONDUCTOR WAFERSfilm inspector, FILM TOUCH-UP INSPECTORhard-wired programmable exchange, hard-wired programmable switching systemINSPECTOR, CIRCUITRY NEGATIVE, INSPECTOR, PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS, INSPECTOR-ADJUSTER, OFFICE-MACHINE COMPONENTS, INSTALLER, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, MECHANICAL, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FABRICATORjournal-box inspectorLINCtapemask inspector, MCP-1600, MOTOR-ROOM CONTROLLERnetwork interface card/controlleroverclockingpacemaker system, pacemaker unit, pacing system, PHOTO MASK INSPECTOR, PHOTO TECHNICIAN, PLANETARIUM TECHNICIAN, PLATER, SEMICONDUCTOR WAFERS AND COMPONENTS, PLL, POTLINE MONITOR, PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGNER, programmable array logic, programmable exchange, programmable system, PROPULSION-MOTOR-AND-GENERATOR REPAIRERQuantum-dot Cellular AutomataRADIO MECHANIC, RAILROAD-CAR INSPECTOR, reworker, REWORKER, PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDsequentially laminated multilayer printed board, service tester, sixth-generation computer, SUBSTATION INSPECTOR, supervisor, electronic testing, supervisor, functional testing, supervisor, in-circuit testing, SUPERVISOR, PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD TESTINGTAPER, PRINTED CIRCUIT LAYOUT, technical specialist, TECHNICIAN, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVELOPMENT, TEST FIXTURE ASSEMBLER, touch-up inspector, printed circuit boards, tri state, TROUBLE SHOOTER IIunit diagnosticsVOLTAGE TESTERwafer fab operator, wired-program control system, WPC systemZilog Z8000. (references)

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Modern Usage: Circuitry

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Circuitry Man (1990)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Circuitry

DomainTitle

Books

  • Discrete and integrated semiconductor circuitry (reference)

  • Electronic Packaging of High Speed Circuitry (reference)

  • Flexible Printed Circuitry (reference)

  • Fundamentals of Linear Electronics: Integrated & Discrete Circuitry (reference)

  • Male Sexual Circuitry [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  

Consumer Goods

  • Milwaukee 5625-20 3-1/2 HP Fixed-Base Production Router with Electronic Variable Speed, Feedback Circuitry, and Soft-Start (reference)

    (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Circuitry

Computer Images:
Circuitry

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Non-Fiction Usage: Circuitry

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

The newer cochlear implants do, however, include self-test circuitry that allows objective device monitoring. (references)

Finally, the neural circuitry may have to compensate for changes that have occurred in the spinal cord circuitry following injury. (references)

Of primary importance to its addictive nature are findings that nicotine activates the brain circuitry that regulates feelings of pleasure, the so-called reward pathways. (references)

Economic History

Eritrea

It is working to upgrade basic telephone services, including international direct dial and increased circuitry, and has purchased switching equipment and satellite up-links from both American and European firms. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Circuitry

"Circuitry" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Circuitry" is used about 138 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%13827,024

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Circuitry

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "circuitry": micro-circuitry.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Circuitry

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

circuitry

27

better living through circuitry

6

circuitry printed

5

circuitry hydraulic integrated system

5

circuitry mosfet

3

circuitry man movie

2

circuitry mixed

2

electronic circuitry

2

circuitry led

2

circuitry encoder failure

2

circuitry motor servo

2

basic circuitry current direct electronic

2

basic circuitry

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Circuitry

Language Translations for "circuitry"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

"路 (Circuit). (various references)

   

Danish

  

kredsløb (blood-circulation, circuit, orbit, telecommunication circuit). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

circuits. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

virtapiirit, virtapiiristö, piiristö, kytkennät, johdotus (wiring). (various references)

   

French

  

circuits, circuiterie. (various references)

   

German

  

Schaltung (circuit, gear change, gearshift, hookup, hook-up, set-up, shift, switching, wiring). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κυκλωματοσκευή. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

áramkör kapcsolási séma. (various references)

   

Italian

  

circuiteria (hardware). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

회로 (Circuit). (various references)

   

Manx

  

chymshallys. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ircuitrycay

   

Portuguese

  

circuitos. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

схема (cadre, diagram, layout, network, pattern, plan, schema, schemata, schematics, scheme, sketch, sketches), электрическая схема. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

conjunto de circuitos, circuitos (hardware). (various references)

   

Thai

  

วงจรไฟฟ้า. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

devre sistemi, devre parçaları. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Circuitry

Derivations

Words ending with "circuitry": microcircuitry. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Circuitry" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: circuity. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Circuitry"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "circuitry" (pronounced ser"kutrē)
5-k u t r ēbasketry, rocketry.
4-u t r ēasymmetry, banditry, bigotry, cabinetry, dissymmetry, gadgetry, geometry, helotry, idolatry, optometry, poetry, psychiatry, punditry, puppetry, spectrometry, summitry, symmetry, telemetry, toiletry, zealotry.
3-t r ēancestry, artistry, baptistery, biochemistry, carpentry, chemistry, complementary, country, dentistry, elementary, entry, forestry, gallantry, gantry, gentry, geochemistry, industry, infantry, Maestri, ministry, mitre, pageantry, palmistry, paltry, pantry, pastry, peasantry, pedantry, pleasantry, poultry, reentry, registry, sentry, sultry, tapestry, wintry.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Circuitry

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-c-i-i-r-r-t-u-y"

-1 letter: circuity.

-2 letters: circuit.

-3 letters: citric, critic.

-4 letters: cirri, curry, ictic.

-5 letters: city, curr, curt, uric, yirr, yurt.

 Words containing the letters "c-c-i-i-r-r-t-u-y"
 

+2 letters: circularity.

 

+5 letters: microcircuitry.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Circuitry


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 69 72 63 75 69 74 72 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.-.    ..    .-.    -.-.    ..-    ..    -    .-.    -.--.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01101001 01110010 01100011 01110101 01101001 01110100 01110010 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#105 &#114 &#99 &#117 &#105 &#116 &#114 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 0069 0072 0063 0075 0069 0074 0072 0079

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

377584698775868491

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Circuitry"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Chinese

字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kineser, kiinalainen, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, cinese, 중국, Sheenish, Sheenagh, chinês, китайский, китаец, chino, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin

Danish

ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse丹麦语, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, dán, danese, 덴마크, Danvargish, Danvargagh, dinamarquês, датский, danés, danimarkalı, danimarka dili

Dutch

woordenboek, definitie, translatie菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holland, olandese, 네덜란", Ollanish, Germaanish, holandês, голландский, holandés, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait

Finnish

määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finn, finlandese, 핀란", Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, финский, finlandés, finés, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü

French

dictionnaire, définition, traduction法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, "랑스, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, французский, francés, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili

German

wörterbuch, Übersetzung德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, 독일, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, немецкий, alemán, าษาเยอรมัน, เยอรมัน, alman

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση希腊语, 希臘語 , græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, греческий, грек, griego, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , ungarer, Hongaarse, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, венгр, венгерский, húngaro, ชาวฮังการี, macarca, macar

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzione意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, ชาวอิตาลี, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan

Korean

사 , 의, 번역韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , Koreaans, coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτικοσ, κορεάτησ, koreai, 한국, coréia, a língua coreana, кореец, корейский, coreano, ชาวเกาหลี, kore'li

Manx

fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baghtmanx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, man adası, man dili

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, tradução葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, португальский, portugués, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli

Russian

словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, russer, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, 러시아, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruso, ชาวรัสเซีย, Rusça

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducción西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, 스페인, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, испанский, español, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca

Thai

พจนานุกรม泰國 , 泰文 , 泰 , 泰語 , 泰国, thailænder, Thais, Thai, thaimaalainen, Thaïlandais, thailändisch, Thailänder, Ταϊλανδός· Ταϊλανδέζος, tailandese, 타이 말, tailandês, tailandés, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย, Tayland, Taylandlı, Tayland Dili, Tai Dili

Turkish

sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme土耳其語 , 土耳其, turkkilainen, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, турецкий, turco, türkçe, türk

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translation英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, 영국, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, английский, inglés, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Expressions
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Derivations
12. Rhymes
13. Anagrams
14. Orthography
15. Bibliography


  

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