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noun
Idiom1.
an act or instance of circulating, moving in a circle or circuit, or flowing.
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any similar circuit, passage, or flow, as of the sap in plants or air currents in a room.
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the transmission or passage of anything from place to place or person to person: the circulation of a rumor; the circulation of money.
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EXPANDthe distribution of copies of a periodical among readers.
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the number of copies of each issue of a newspaper, magazine, etc., distributed.
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coins, notes, bills, etc., in use as money; currency.
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Library Science.
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the lending of library books and other materials.
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the number of books and materials that a library has lent.
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the processes connected with providing for the use of library materials, including reserve operations, recall, and record-keeping.
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COLLAPSEHydraulics. a quantity analogous to work and equal to the line integral of the component of fluid velocity about a closed contour.
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in circulation, participating actively in social or business life: After a month in the hospital, he's back in circulation.
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Recirculation
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Origin:
1400–50 for an earlier alchemical sense; 1645–55 for def. 1; late Middle English circulacioun < Latin circulātiōn- (stem of circulātiō), equivalent to circulāt(us) (see circulate) + -iōn- -ion
1400–50 for an earlier alchemical sense; 1645–55 for def. 1; late Middle English circulacioun < Latin circulātiōn- (stem of circulātiō), equivalent to circulāt(us) (see circulate) + -iōn- -ion
Related forms
in·ter·cir·cu·la·tion, noun
non·cir·cu·la·tion, noun
pre·cir·cu·la·tion, noun
re·cir·cu·la·tion, noun
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| recirculation | |
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| circulation again |
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