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1849 Times 5 Oct. 6/6 The six districts are to be sub-divided into circuits and sub-circuits.

1859 Manch. Guardian 8 Sept. 3/4 Each morning, at ten o'clock, ‘Greenwich time’ is sent from the head office..to all stations in the main circuits; from those stations the signal is repeated to the sub-circuit stations; and thus uniform time will be ensured.

1878 Sci. Amer. 7 Dec. 354/2 Where the main is tapped for a sub-circuit, a shunt is introduced so as to throw so much of the current as may be needed into the derived circuit.

1900 Methodist Rev. Mar. 305 These men are appointed to circuits, and these are broken up into subcircuits, each having its pastor and list of appointments.

1913 Electr. Rev. & Western Electrician 11 Jan. 91/3 500 watts may form a safe or convenient limit for the sub-circuits.

1953 D. G. E. Axford Low Pressure Hot Water Heating i. vi. 50 Sub-circuits are sized as for gravity circulations.

1992 Chicago Sun-Times (Nexis) 12 Feb. 8 The Legislature divided the Cook County Circuit Court into 15 subcircuits. Eventually, each district will elect 11 judges, with another 94 judges elected countywide. This year, 30 judges will be elected from subcircuits.

2000 J. H. Krenz Electronic Concepts v. 352 Two external connections..have been added to the subcircuit to account for the power supply connections.