Hypertext Webster Gateway: "circulatory"

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)

Circulatory \Cir"cu*la*to*ry\, a. [L. circulatorius pert. to a
mountebank: cf. F. circulatoire.]
1. Circular; as, a circulatory letter. --Johnson.

2. Circulating, or going round. --T. Warton.

3. (Anat.) Subserving the purposes of circulation; as,
circulatory organs; of or pertaining to the organs of
circulation; as, circulatory diseases.

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

Circulatory \Cir"cu*la*to*ry\, n.
A chemical vessel consisting of two portions unequally
exposed to the heat of the fire, and with connecting pipes or
passages, through which the fluid rises from the overheated
portion, and descends from the relatively colder, maintaining
a circulation.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

circulatory
adj 1: of or relating to circulation [syn: {circulative}]
2: relating to circulatory system or to circulation of the
blood


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