回路
Meanings
electrical circuit; electronic circuit
Technical electrical and electronics term for a path or system through which current or signals flow.
A complex circuit is built into this board.
The circuit shorted, and the machine stopped.
biological cycle; metabolic cycle
Biology and biochemistry use, especially for named cycles such as the citric acid/Krebs cycle.
The citric acid cycle is involved in cellular energy production.
Broader use for a path or route that circulates or returns to itself; often technical and more formal than everyday ループ.
In this device, the coolant circulates through a closed loop.
Usage patterns
- 〈物〉に回路を組むto assemble/wire a circuit onto something
I assembled a new circuit on the board.
- 回路がショートするfor a circuit to short-circuit
Water got on it and the circuit short-circuited.
- 〈物〉の回路を設計するto design the circuit for something
The engineer designed the circuit for the new product.
- 〈人〉の思考回路が停止するfor someone's train of thought to grind to a halt
He was so shocked that his mind went blank.
- 神経回路が発達するfor neural circuits/pathways to develop
In a child's brain, neural circuits develop rapidly.