(n.) The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth round the sun.
(n.) The circumference of, or distance round, any space; the measure of a line round an area.
(n.) That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.
(n.) The space inclosed within a circle, or within limits.
(n.) A regular or appointed journeying from place to place in the exercise of one's calling, as of a judge, or a preacher.
(n.) A certain division of a state or country, established by law for a judge or judges to visit, for the administration of justice.
(n.) A district in which an itinerant preacher labors.
(n.) Circumlocution.
(v. i.) To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate.
(v. t.) To travel around.
Example Sentences:
(1) Circuit weight training does not exacerbate resting or exercise blood pressure and may have beneficial effects.
(2) Hypertrophy is restricted to subdivisions of the inferior olive included in recurrent cerebello-mesencephalic-olivary circuits.
(3) The ability of autoregulate blood flow in the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) circuit is critical to prevent cavitation and air embolism.
(4) To explain some of these results a theoretical model is presented to demonstrate that while short circuiting can block the passive ionic movement, it will cause an increase in the energy consumption of the system and introduce certain important changes in the ionic barriers and e.m.fs.
(5) DNase I microspheres were then introduced into the extracorporeal circuit which resulted in an acceleration of degradation of acid precipitable 125I-nDNA.
(6) A wide range of development possibilities for the printed circuit microelectrode are discussed.
(7) Our results were consistent with the modern anesthesia standard in closed circuit t.i.
(8) One hour after terminating the extacorporeal circuit, the C.O.P.
(9) These effects are not accompanied by significant changes in the transmural electrical potential difference or short-circuit current.
(10) Evidence is reviewed suggesting that this latter system may involve a corticostriatal circuit.
(11) Several attempts at circuit interruption of type 1 atrial flutter by means of surgical or catheter techniques have been published.
(12) To eliminate pacing stimulus afterpotential and detect an evoked response, a hardware feedback circuit and a software template matching algorithm were used to produce a triphasic charge-balanced pacing pulse.
(13) Four blood filters included in the extracorporeal circuit were removed one by one at 30-minute intervals.
(14) In the ECMO patient, cardiac stun syndrome and electromechanical dissociation can be confused with low circuit volume, pneumothorax, or cardiac tamponade.
(15) The transport system was analyzed in terms of an equivalent circuit model comprising a proton motive force (PMF), an active conductance (LH) in series with the pump, and a parallel or passive conductance which may be ignored in this preparation.
(16) The type 3 pattern occurred when the antidromic wavefront of early premature beats captured the original circuit exit.
(17) Polymethacrylate coated charcoal was inserted in the dialysis circuit before the dialyzer.
(18) Since our system is adjusted with square waveforms and composed of a simple analog circuit, it can be compensated easily in real time.
(19) The circuit training exercise program, therefore, appears to be an effective method for improving the fitness level of alcoholic patients.
(20) Thus, neurons of the habenula and interpeduncular nucleus are under the direct and indirect influence of septal neurons within the limbic forebrain circuit.
Circumlocution
Definition:
(n.) The use of many words to express an idea that might be expressed by few; indirect or roundabout language; a periphrase.
Example Sentences:
(1) His avoidance of the circumlocutions favoured by most politicians led to a popular misconception that he is a straight shooter.
(2) Anomic aphasics produced the fewest phonemic errors and the most multiword circumlocutions; this pattern suggests minimal word-production difficulty in anomic aphasia relative to the other aphasia syndromes.
(3) On several occasions, when the patient failed to name a picture which happened to be lexicalized by a polysemous word, a residual covert word form could still operate as a link between different meanings of the target word; then, the patient produces a word or a circumlocution related to one meaning which was not the illustrated meaning.
(4) Semantically-related errors and circumlocutions characterized the naming of aphasic and demented patients, while phonemic errors were common only in aphasics.
(5) In addition, the relative distribution of the three most prominent naming errors-phonemic errors, semantic errors, and multiword circumlocutions-tended to distinguish the two anomic subgroups from the other aphasia subgroups.
(6) When subjects did not respond correctly to phonemic cueing, a significantly greater number of phonemic errors were produced, with a concurrent decline in related words and extended circumlocutions.
(7) With increasing age subjects produced more circumlocutions and fewer semantic errors.
(8) Behind these circumlocutions and evasions lie the unmistakable reality that this republican coronation puts an end to the hopes that were generated by the biggest upheaval of the Arab spring.
(9) Mr Micawber was a kindly man, albeit one given to circumlocution and financial mismanagement.
(10) He has mastered the art of never mentioning the treasurer's name in public, exhausting every possible circumlocution.
(11) Semantic errors (i.e., circumlocutions, semantically related associates, and nominalizations) and perceptual errors increase with age.
(12) Data for the parameter of semantics revealed a significantly greater occurrence of hesitations than circumlocutions, verbal paraphasias, or revisions.