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circuition

UK/səːkjʊˈɪʃ(ə)n/

circuition noun: the act of going round; a circuit, an encircling.

Noun

circuition (plural circuitions)

  1. (archaic) The act of going round; a circuit, an encircling.
    • Democritus would sometimes say, that the images and their circuitions were Gods, and othertimes this Nature, which disperseth these images; and then our knowledge and intelligence., II.12

Forms of circuition

pluralcircuitions

Origin of circuition

From Latin circuitiōnem, from circuīre. Compare circuit.

Questions about circuition

What does circuition mean?
Circuition means the act of going round; a circuit, an encircling.
What part of speech is circuition?
Circuition is a noun.
How do you pronounce circuition?
Circuition is pronounced /səːkjʊˈɪʃ(ə)n/ (UK).
What is the plural of circuition?
The plural of circuition is circuitions.

Words near circuition in the dictionary

  1. circuiter
  2. circuiters
  3. circuities
  4. circuiting
  5. circuitings
  6. circuition
  7. circuitions
  8. circuitor
  9. circuitors
  10. circuitous
  11. circuitously

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