Hypertext Webster Gateway: "circulating"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Decimal \Dec"i*mal\, n.
A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and
almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal
fraction.

{Circulating}, or {Circulatory}, {decimal}, a decimal
fraction in which the same figure, or set of figures, is
constantly repeated; as, 0.354354354; -- called also
{recurring decimal}, {repeating decimal}, and {repetend}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Circulate \Cir"cu*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ciorculated}; P.
pr. & vb. n. {Circulating}.] [L. circulatus, p. p. of
circulare, v. t., to surround, make round, circulari, v. i.,
to gather into a circle. See {Circle}.]
1. To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and
return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the
body. --Boyle.

2. To pass from place to place, from person to person, or
from hand to hand; to be diffused; as, money circulates; a
story circulates.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

circulating
adj 1: moving or flowing in a circuit and returning to the same
point; "steam circulating through the pipes"; "the
circulating thyroid hormones"
2: passing from one to another; "circulating bills and coins"
[syn: {circulating(a)}]


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