Hypertext Webster Gateway: "circulation"

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

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. --Swift.

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. --Whewell.

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

circulation
n 1: the opening of a subject to public discussion and debate
[syn: {dissemination}, {airing}, {public exposure}, {spreading}]
2: the movement of blood through the heart and blood vessels
3: free movement or passage especially through a circuit as of
water through pipes or sap through a plant


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