circulation
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Etymology
From Middle English circulacioun, from Latin circulatio. Morphologically circulate + -ion
Pronunciation
Noun
circulation (countable and uncountable, plural circulations)
- The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.
- The act of passing from place to place or person to person; free diffusion; transmission.
- 1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, page 252:
- For example, by changing the use of existing rooms, removing or replacing unsightly features, clearing obstacles to easy circulation, rearranging direction signs and generally introducing as much order as possible, most outdated station buildings can be made reasonably efficient and attractive.
- Currency; circulating coins; notes, bills, etc., current for coin.
- The new bills will come into circulation next Friday.
- The extent to which anything circulates or is circulated; the measurement of diffusion
- June 1 2016, Karen Roberts in the Evening Express, Aberdeen Journals - The Broad Street Years
- The reputation and circulation of the paper continued to grow, and the board decided a new custom-built base was required for both the Press and Journal and Evening Express to replace the crumbling, but much loved, Broad Street offices.
- June 1 2016, Karen Roberts in the Evening Express, Aberdeen Journals - The Broad Street Years
- (strictly) The movement of the blood in the circulatory system, by which it is brought into close relations with the cells and tissues of the body; (loosely) the circulatory system.
- 1822, John Barclay, chapter I, in An Inquiry Into the Opinions, Ancient and Modern, Concerning Life and Organization, Edinburgh, London: Bell & Bradfute; Waugh & Innes; G. & W. B. Whittaker, section I, page 2:
- In the dead state all is apparently without motion. No agent within indicates design, intelligence, or foresight: there is no respiration; no digestion, circulation, or nutrition; […]
- The movement of the sap in the vessels and tissues of plants.
Derived terms
- cerebrocirculation
- circulational
- circulationary
- circulationism
- circulationist
- circulation time
- cocirculation
- collateral circulation
- coronary circulation
- Hadley circulation
- in circulation
- Langmuir circulation
- macrocirculation
- malcirculation
- microcirculation
- miscirculation
- noncirculation
- overcirculation
- pulmonary circulation
- systemic circulation
- thermohaline circulation
Translations
act of moving in a circle
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act of passing from place to place or person to person
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currency; circulating coin; notes, bills, etc.
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extent to which anything circulates or is circulated
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movement of the blood in the blood-vascular system
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See also
Anagrams
Etymology
From Latin circulātiōnem.
Pronunciation
Noun
circulation f (plural circulations)
- circulation (act of moving in a circular shape)
- (anatomy) circulation (of blood)
- traffic
- distribution, circulation (of a newspaper/magazine)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Romanian: circulație
- → Turkish: sirkülasyon
Further reading
- “circulation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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