circulation
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Noun (6)
- the dissemination of copies of periodicals (as newspapers or magazines)Type of dissemination, airing
- movement through a circuit; especially the movement of blood through the heart and blood vesselsType of organic phenomenonKinds vitelline circulation, systemic circulation, pulmonary circulationParts blood pressure
- (library science) the count of books that are loaned by a library over a specified periodType of count
- number of copies of a newspaper or magazine that are sold“by increasing its circulation the newspaper hoped to increase its advertising”Type of count
- free movement or passage (as of cytoplasm within a cell or sap through a plant)“ocean circulation is an important part of global climate”“a fan aids air circulation”Type of change of location, travel
- the spread or transmission of something (as news or money) to a wider group or areaType of spread, spreadingKinds roll out, recirculation
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: 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.— Jonathan 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.— William 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. Physiology 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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54