circulation

[Cir`cu*la·tion]

The word circulation refers to the movement of blood through your body's blood vessels and heart. It can also mean free movement in a more general sense, as in the circulation of news, money, or even library books.

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The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.

Noun
the spread or transmission of something (as news or money) to a wider group or area

Noun
the dissemination of copies of periodicals (as newspapers or magazines)

Noun
free movement or passage through a series of vessels (as of water through pipes or sap through a plant)

Noun
movement through a circuit; especially the movement of blood through the heart and blood vessels

Noun
number of copies of a newspaper or magazine that are sold; "by increasing its circulation the newspaper hoped to increase its advertising"

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Noun
(library science) the count of books that are loaned by a library over a specified period


n.
The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.

n.
The act of passing from place to place or person to person; free diffusion; transmission.

n.
Currency; circulating coin; notes, bills, etc., current for coin.

n.
The extent to which anything circulates or is circulated; the measure of diffusion; as, the circulation of a newspaper.

n.
The movement of the blood in the blood-vascular system, by which it is brought into close relations with almost every living elementary constituent. Also, the movement of the sap in the vessels and tissues of plants.


Circulation

Cir`cu*la"tion , n. [L. circulatio: cf. F. circulation.] 1. The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.
This continual circulation of human things.
2. The act of passing from place to place or person to person; free diffusion; transmission.
The true doctrines of astronomy appear to have had some popular circulation.
3. Currency; circulating coin; notes, bills, etc., current for coin. 4. The extent to which anything circulates or is circulated; the measure of diffusion; as, the circulation of a newspaper. 5. (Physiol.) The movement of the blood in the blood-vascular system, by which it is brought into close relations with almost every living elementary constituent. Also, the movement of the sap in the vessels and tissues of plants.

The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.

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Usage Examples

The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of the blood.

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Other Usage Examples

The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.

All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as from the downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit and circulation.

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