What's the difference between circuit and tour?

Circuit


Definition:

  • (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.

Tour


Definition:

  • (n.) A tower.
  • (v. t.) A going round; a circuit; hence, a journey in a circuit; a prolonged circuitous journey; a comprehensive excursion; as, the tour of Europe; the tour of France or England.
  • (v. t.) A turn; a revolution; as, the tours of the heavenly bodies.
  • (v. t.) anything done successively, or by regular order; a turn; as, a tour of duty.
  • (v. i.) To make a tourm; as, to tour throught a country.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Anti-corruption campaigners have already trooped past the €18.9m mansion on Rue de La Baume, bought in 2007 in the name of two Bongo children, then 13 and 16, and other relatives, in what some call Paris's "ill-gotten gains" walking tour.
  • (2) In a new venture, BDJ Study Tours will offer a separate itinerary for partners on the Study Safari so whilst the business of dentistry gets under way they can explore additional sights in this fascinating country.
  • (3) At the weekend the couple’s daughter, Holly Graham, 29, expressed frustration at the lack of information coming from the Foreign Office and the tour operator that her parents travelled with.
  • (4) Tracks were almost exclusively written on tour, including this jolting number, with an additional four tracks recorded in the studio.
  • (5) Originally from Pyongyang, the tour guide explains that a “merited artist” from Mansudae, North Korea’s biggest art studio in Pyongyang, was responsible for the main piece, but that it took 63 artists almost two years to complete.
  • (6) The wives and girlfriends who were originally invited to accompany their playing partners on the World Cup tour have had their invitations formally rescinded.
  • (7) That is why he once considered a move to the Foreign Office, and why he will be touring Europe’s capitals over the coming months, starting with Paris this week.
  • (8) Groups on both sides have published blog posts, and some offer tours of the area and its history.
  • (9) Some offer a range, depending on whether you think you're a bit of a buff, and know a pinot meunier from a pinot noir and what prestige cuvée actually means or you just want to see a bit of the process and have a nice glass of bubbly at the end of it, before moving on to the next place – touring a pretty corner of France getting slowly, and delightfully, fizzled.
  • (10) Findings and impressions of a member of a British medical support group who toured the health services in newly independent Mozambique in September 1975.
  • (11) I encourage you to visit your local care home on Friday to take part in the activities, from dance classes to tours of care homes.
  • (12) Sources said that when Mitchell toured the Commons tea rooms on Wednesday and Thursday, he was taken aback by the opposition to him staying put, despite Cameron's support.
  • (13) The US had said a Kenyatta win would have "consequences" and, when president Barack Obama undertook on a tour of Africa in June and July, he did not visit his ancestral home.
  • (14) But this no-nonsense venue, just 10km but a world away from parliament, is the latest stop in a national pro-renewables tour that is making the Abbott government decidedly uncomfortable.
  • (15) Sera collected in winter contain significantly (p less than 0.05) higher concentrations of the first tour--14.9, 13.4, 9k9, and 7.5%, respectively--than do sera collected in summer; thyrotropin concentrations are similar in samples collected during winter and summer (p greater than 0.05).
  • (16) Subs: Jones, Toure, Alberto, Aspas, Cissokho, Rossiter, Smith.
  • (17) Morrissey has cancelled his entire US tour, citing a respiratory infection and 'acute fever ' he claims he caught from his support act, Kristeen Young.
  • (18) We haven’t toured that much, for many different reasons.
  • (19) Here's a tribute from the historic Apollo theater in Harlem, New York City: Touré (@Toure) Photo: The Apollo Theater in Harlem remembers Nelson Mandela.
  • (20) On The Go (+44 (0)20 7371 1113, onthegotours.com ) offers five days in Shanghai with a day tour from £349pp (excl.