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De - Pt| English Dictionary: 'circulation | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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. | |
