circuitry
noun
cir·cuit·ry
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plural circuitries
Definition of circuitry
1
: the detailed plan or arrangement of an electric circuit
2
: the components of an electric circuit
3
: the network of interconnected neurons in the nervous system and especially the brain
also
: circuit sense 4d
Examples of circuitry in a Sentence
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What Didion gauged and registered, more faithfully than anyone else, were faults in the circuitry, behavioral and neurological, of an entire social structure. — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, "Quentin Tarantino Tweaks History in “Once Upon a Time . . . in Hollywood”," 26 July 2019 The result is that 5G takes up a lot more space and generates a lot more heat than 4G, and when this heat gets to be too much, all that 5G circuitry just shuts off. — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, "The latest barrier to 5G speeds? The summer," 12 July 2019 Like in any disease, each medication may work better in certain people — because not everyone's brain circuitry reacts exactly the same way to opioid abuse — but that hasn't been studied. — Lauran Neergaard, chicagotribune.com, "A peek into opioid users’ brains as they try to quit," 10 July 2019 The drone was reportedly downed using a technology that jammed its circuitry. — Fox News, "Charlie Hurt: Iran seizing western oil tankers is 'complete pirates on the high seas'," 20 July 2019 Like in any disease, each medication may work better in certain people — because not everyone's brain circuitry reacts exactly the same way to opioid abuse — but that hasn't been studied. — Lauran Neergaard, chicagotribune.com, "A peek into opioid users’ brains as they try to quit," 10 July 2019 Like in any disease, each medication may work better in certain people — because not everyone’s brain circuitry reacts exactly the same way to opioid abuse — but that hasn’t been studied. — Lauran Neergaard, The Denver Post, "Researchers peek into opioid users’ brains as they try to quit," 9 July 2019 Like in any disease, each medication may work better in certain people — because not everyone's brain circuitry reacts exactly the same way to opioid abuse — but that hasn't been studied. — NBC News, "A peek into opioid users' brains as they try to quit," 9 July 2019 Co-author Aniruddh Patel, then with the Neuroscience Institute in La Jolla, California, had previously theorized that perhaps only certain kinds of animals had the type of specialized brain circuitry capable of responding to rhythm and beat. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "Snowball the dancing cockatoo has wide range of killer moves, new study finds," 8 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'circuitry.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for circuitry
circuitry
noun
English Language Learners Definition of circuitry
: a system or group of electric circuits
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circuitry
noun
cir·cuit·ry
| \ ˈsər-kə-trē
\
\
Medical Definition of circuitry
1a
: the detailed plan or arrangement of an electric circuit
b
: the components of an electric circuit
2
: the network of interconnected neurons in the nervous system and especially the brain
also
: the neuronal pathways of the brain along which electrical and chemical signals travel