Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
passing from one to another;
- Example: "circulating bills and coins"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
circulating \circulating\ adj.
1. moving or flowing in a circuit and returning to the same
point; as, steam circulating through the pipes; the
circulating thyroid hormones.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. passing from one to another. [prenominal]
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Circulate \Cir"cu*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Circulated; 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.]
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Circulating decimal. See Decimal.
Circulating library, a library whose books are loaned to
the public, usually at certain fixed rates.
Circulating medium. See Medium.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
circulating
adj 1: passing from one to another; "circulating bills and
coins"