circuity
Taking the long way
Circuity is the quality of being indirect or roundabout.
The term applies to physical routes that wind rather than go straight, or to speech and reasoning that arrives at its point only after unnecessary detours: The circuity of his argument lost the audience.
Legal writing uses circuity to describe unnecessarily complex procedural paths.
Circular junction for traffic
- detourAlternate path around obstruction
- deviationDeparture from expected path
- meanderingFollowing a winding course
- windingCurving repeatedly, sinuous
serpentine · tortuous · circumlocutory · periphrastic · oblique · zigzag · sinuous · labyrinthine
Intricate passage network
- warrenInterconnected underground tunnels
- twistRotating motion or surprise
- turnRotational movement
- corridorEnclosed connecting walkway
dead-end · intricacy · route · junction · passage · complexity · navigation · disorientation
Installed electrical conductors
- conductorOne who directs musicians
- resistorCurrent-limiting circuit element
- capacitorCharge-storing circuit element
- diodeOne-way semiconductor
transistor · voltage · current · soldering · insulation · copper · grounding · terminal
Administrative written tasks
- proceduresSet methods for tasks
- formalitiesConventional procedural requirements
- runaroundEvasive, delaying response
- hoopsCircular bands or rims
administration · protocol · compliance · regulations · documentation · officialdom · loopholes · appeals
roundabout
Circular junction for traffic
- detourAlternate path around obstruction
- deviationDeparture from expected path
- meanderingFollowing a winding course
winding · serpentine · tortuous · circumlocutory · periphrastic · oblique · zigzag · sinuous · labyrinthine · convoluted
labyrinth
Intricate passage network
corridor · dead-end · intricacy · route · junction · passage · complexity · navigation · disorientation · sprawl
wiring
Installed electrical conductors
- conductorOne who directs musicians
- resistorCurrent-limiting circuit element
- capacitorCharge-storing circuit element
diode · transistor · voltage · current · soldering · insulation · copper · grounding · terminal · connector
paperwork
Administrative written tasks
- proceduresSet methods for tasks
- formalitiesConventional procedural requirements
- runaroundEvasive, delaying response
hoops · administration · protocol · compliance · regulations · documentation · officialdom · loopholes · appeals · channels
circuitydirectness
Quality of being straightforward
straightness · linearity · direct route · straight path · beeline
circuitydirectness
Quality of being straightforward
straightforwardness · forthrightness · plainness · candor · bluntness
circuitydirectness
Quality of being straightforward
efficiency · simplicity · streamlining · economy · parsimony
- circuit boardElectronics interconnection substrate
- short circuitAccidental low-resistance path
- circuit breakerAutomatic power cutoff device
- closed circuitUninterrupted conductive path
- electric circuitConducting pathway for current
- electrical circuitPath for current flow