Circuit
Circuit noun - A journey or route all the way around a particular place or area.
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Synonyms for Circuit
Portion and circuit are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Portion" instead a noun "Circuit".
Portion
Portion noun - A state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand.
Circuit and portion are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Circuit" instead a noun "Portion".
Nearby Words: portioned, portioning, porting, portionless
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Both words in one sentence
- Space vessels lack fuses, circuit breakers, and surge suppressors, so that the control panels explode when some distant portion of the ship is damaged.
Source: Overused Sci-Fi Silly Science -
However, the solution was quick to set a portion of the system memory apart and add a circuit that will constantly scan it at regular intervals and generate the output signal based on its content.
Source: Useful Notes / Video RAM - Hanna-Barbera shows from 1971 and 1972 had a portion of episodes made but not screened during their first season runs (i.e.: in the Hair Bear Bunch episode "Closed Circuit TV," the Slap Jack card game with the bears and Bananas the Gorilla being broken up by Peevly).
Source: Edited for Syndication
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Portion and Circuit. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/circuit/portion
Circuit & Portion. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/circuit/portion>.
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