| Principal Translations/Traduzioni principali |
WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2026:
| circuit n | (electric circuit) (elettrico) | circuito nm |
| | The entire house is wired on one circuit. |
| | Tutta la casa è collegata su un solo circuito. |
| circuit n | (racetrack) (sport) | circuito, tracciato nm |
| | (sport) | pista nf |
| | You can hear the cars from the circuit ten miles away. |
| | Si sentono le macchine sul circuito da sedici chilometri di distanza. |
| circuit n | (sports: lap) (sport, pista) | giro nm |
| | He set a record speed for one circuit. |
| | Ha stabilito il record di velocità sul giro singolo. |
| Compound Forms/Forme composte |
WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2026:
| CCTV n | initialism (closed-circuit television) (televisione a circuito chiuso) | TVCC, CCTV nf, abbr |
| | The robbery was captured on the bank's CCTV. |
| circuit board n | (electrical component) | scheda elettronica nf |
| circuit breaker n | (electrical device) | interruttore nm |
| | (interruttore di sicurezza) | interruttore magnetotermico nm |
| | A loose connection kept causing the circuit breaker to trip. |
| circuit breaker n | US, figurative (tax relief) | esenzione fiscale nf |
| circuit breaker n | figurative (strict measures to reduce infection) (figurato) | scudo, riparo nm |
| | | meccanismo di difesa, sistema di protezione nm |
| circuit court n | US (court: several locations) (giustizia USA) | tribunale distrettuale nm |
| circuit court of appeals n | US (law court in US system) (USA) | Circuito della Corte d'Appello nm |
| circuit judge n | (law: oversees specific locations) | giudice che amministra la giustizia nei circuiti giudiziari nm |
| | | giudice di tribunale circondariale nm |
| circuit training n | (athletic exercise) | allenamento a circuito, circuit training nm |
| | Circuit training is effective for building aerobic endurance and burning fat, but not so much so for adding muscle. |
| | L'allenamento a circuito è efficace per aumentare la resistenza aerobica e per bruciare grassi, ma non per accrescere la massa muscolare. |
| circuit-breaker n as adj | figurative (strict measures to reduce infection) | preventivo, difensivo agg |
| | | di difesa loc agg |
| | The government announced a two-week circuit-breaker lockdown. |
| closed circuit n | (electronics) | circuito chiuso nm |
closed circuit,
closed-circuit n as adj | (TV, electronics) | a circuito chiuso loc agg |
| Nota: A hyphen is usually used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
| closed-circuit television n | (monitoring system) | televisione a circuito chiuso, TV a circuito chiuso nm |
| | The thief was caught stealing the car on closed-circuit television. |
| | Il ladro è stato sorpreso a rubare l'auto dalla televisione a circuito chiuso. |
| complete circuit n | (sport: full lap) (sport) | giro completo nm |
| | Dopo 5 giri completi Luigi conduceva la gara. |
| complete circuit n | (electricity: unbroken connection) (elettricità) | circuito chiuso nm |
| | La corrente può circolare in un circuito chiuso. |
electric circuit,
electrical circuit n | (path of a current) | circuito elettrico nm |
| federal judicial circuit n | (law: federal courts) | distretto giudiziario federale nm |
| integrated circuit n | (electronics) | circuito integrato nm |
| judicial circuit n | (court serving a local jurisdiction) | distretto giudiziario nm |
| open circuit n as adj | (electronics: voltage) | circuito aperto nm |
| printed circuit n | (type of electronic circuit) | circuito stampato nm |
| short circuit n | (electrical malfunction) | corto circuito nm |
| short-circuit⇒ vi | (malfunction electrically) | andare in corto circuito vi |
| short-circuit [sth]⇒ vtr | (cause to malfunction electrically) | mandare in corto circuito vtr |
| | The flooding in the basement short-circuited the freezer. |
| | L'allagamento nel seminterrato mandò in corto circuito il freezer. |
| short-circuit [sth] vtr | US, figurative (impede, thwart) | mandare a monte [qlcs] vtr |
| | Bad weather short-circuited our plans for a picnic. |
| short-circuit [sth] vtr | figurative (procedure: not follow) | aggirare⇒ vtr |
| | The construction company put pressure on the council to short-circuit the planning permission process. |