How to Use circuitry in a Sentence

circuitry

noun
  • The extra circuitry would add cost and induce more noise.
    Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld, 12 June 2017
  • But the circuitry could be repaired, the researchers found.
    Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 27 June 2017
  • The flip side of the owl inside the entryway reveals the bird as a robot filled with cords and circuitry.
    Author: Tamara Ikenberg, Alaska Dispatch News, 25 Sep. 2017
  • But their circuitry wouldn’t understand that tender, hearty beef in sauce that lights the mouth ablaze also lights the soul.
    Andy Staples, SI.com, 30 June 2017
  • These acids then degrade the circuitry on top, which can be made from a wide range of materials that wouldn’t normally dissolve.
    Matthew Hutson, Science | AAAS, 1 Sep. 2017
  • There are two outputs, one for guitar and another Gallaher runs through bass amp circuitry to generate one-man-band mojo.
    AL.com, 23 June 2017
  • Synthetic biology is introducing novel circuitry that can control how the bulbs turn off and on.
    Bryan Walsh, Newsweek, 29 June 2017
  • The circuitry of desire can be surprisingly easy to manipulate.
    Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Other primates also preferentially look at faces and have dedicated brain circuitry to handle it.
    Cathleen O'Grady, Ars Technica, 7 Sep. 2017
  • This system works much like Ossia’s, except that the gadget’s Bluetooth circuitry identifies its position in the room.
    David Pogue, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2017
  • That circuitry is increasingly vestigial, but overriding it and playing the longer game requires an active decision.
    James Hamblin, The Atlantic, 25 May 2017
  • Meanwhile, scientists are trying to understand why the brain deteriorates over time, losing mass and neural circuitry.
    Elmo Keep, Smithsonian, 29 June 2017
  • The 718’s electronics put the GT-R’s aging circuitry into sharp relief.
    Car and Driver, 5 Sep. 2017
  • Active noise cancellation relies on tiny microphones and circuitry that monitor the ambient noise around you and adjust the frequencies in the audio to muffle those sounds.
    Fox News, 12 May 2017
  • The plastic and circuitry all went straight into the garbage—or the street.
    National Geographic, 9 Aug. 2019
  • The virus, having hitched a ride on neurons, is then free to move about the brain’s circuitry.
    NBC News, 4 Nov. 2021
  • The calls could also stem from damage to the circuitry in the Notkins’ phone, Rappaport said.
    Marisa Iati, Anchorage Daily News, 30 June 2021
  • The most advanced semiconductors have shrunk a chip’s circuitry to the size of a few atoms.
    Jiyoung Sohn, WSJ, 28 July 2022
  • The team already knew that retinoic acid can cue the gene circuitry to construct the hindbrain in complex species.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 22 Feb. 2024
  • If the saw has a low threshold for thermal cutoff to protect the battery and circuitry, that will shut the saw off.
    Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Fitzgerald then designed the circuitry and installed the first 911 system in less than a week.
    Paul Gattis, AL.com, 16 Feb. 2018
  • The damage could cause a short circuit that, because there’s no fuse in the circuitry, could lead to overheating and a fire.
    Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 2 June 2023
  • With the treatment, wires go into the deep brain structures that are involved in the circuitry that produce the tics, to try to bring some relief.
    David Begnaud, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Researchers don’t know how long Sarah will need to have the device in her skull, or if depression circuitry in the brain changes over time.
    Isabella Cueto, STAT, 6 Oct. 2021
  • The charging circuitry is offloaded to the charger, and that ensures the device doesn’t overheat even with a 65W charge.
    Yoni Heisler, BGR, 26 Mar. 2021
  • Of course, the real arcades were often dark, cramped, and sweaty, with the odor of overheated circuitry.
    Michael J. Seidlinger, Wired, 15 Jan. 2022
  • Arm is based in the U.K. and designs circuitry that powers the majority of the world’s smartphones.
    Asa Fitch, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2020
  • Our bodies have a basic circuitry—the basic push-pull, up-down of how chi, or energy, moves in the body.
    Abigail Barronian, Outside Online, 1 June 2018
  • The voyage, the pilgrimage, the vision quest are part of our mental circuitry.
    James Parker, The Atlantic, 4 Aug. 2021
  • That said, the highs that made it past the circuitry from the second recording almost sounded louder than before.
    PCMAG, 15 July 2024

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