circuitry

noun

cir·​cuit·​ry ˈsər-kə-trē 

plural circuitries

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

Recent Examples on the Web

The study's identification of CCK neurons as a key component of the satiation circuitry provides a potential mechanism for understanding how GLP-1 agonists achieve this effect. —New Atlas, 16 Feb. 2025

Hervey-Jumper found that language function in patients inversely correlated with the degree to which the cancer had remodeled the language circuitry. —Ingrid Wickelgren, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2025

Exactly how this circuitry was distributed, however, was unknown, and the key finding in this new study is that the ANC is divided into segments that run lengthwise along the arm. —Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 15 Jan. 2025

Download the Sphero Edu app on a smartphone or tablet and kids can control the ball full of circuitry, programming it to navigate obstacles and interact with its environment. —Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1946, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

circuitry

noun

cir·​cuit·​ry ˈsər-kə-trē 

plural circuitries

: the plan or the elements of an electric circuit

Medical Definition

circuitry

noun

cir·​cuit·​ry ˈsər-kə-trē 

1

a

: 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