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
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Boole’s seemingly useless and highly abstract ideas roared to life in digital circuitry, completely transforming our technological landscape; the vast majority of technology that uses electricity relies on them, from vacuum cleaners to intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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Benjamín Labatut, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
Unlike the prefrontal circuitry, which continues to show developmental changes into young adulthood, the amygdala undergoes peak maturation during midadolescence.
—Bj Casey, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
All of which is pretty good and suggests that the chips can tolerate reasonable operating temperatures, meaning on-chip control circuitry can be used without causing problems.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 27 Mar. 2024
Just as the software of your laptop runs without having to keep track of all the microscale information about the electrons in the computer circuitry, so emergent phenomena are governed by macroscale rules that seem self-contained, without heed to what the component parts are doing.
—Quanta Magazine, 10 June 2024
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Benjamín Labatut, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
Unlike the prefrontal circuitry, which continues to show developmental changes into young adulthood, the amygdala undergoes peak maturation during midadolescence.
—Bj Casey, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
All of which is pretty good and suggests that the chips can tolerate reasonable operating temperatures, meaning on-chip control circuitry can be used without causing problems.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 27 Mar. 2024
Just as the software of your laptop runs without having to keep track of all the microscale information about the electrons in the computer circuitry, so emergent phenomena are governed by macroscale rules that seem self-contained, without heed to what the component parts are doing.
—Quanta Magazine, 10 June 2024
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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
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