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Definition of Circulation

1. Noun. The dissemination of copies of periodicals (as newspapers or magazines).

2. Noun. Movement through a circuit; especially the movement of blood through the heart and blood vessels.

3. Noun. (library science) the count of books that are loaned by a library over a specified period.

4. Noun. Number of copies of a newspaper or magazine that are sold. "By increasing its circulation the newspaper hoped to increase its advertising"

5. Noun. Free movement or passage (as of cytoplasm within a cell or sap through a plant). "A fan aids air circulation"

6. Noun. The spread or transmission of something (as news or money) to a wider group or area.

Definition of Circulation

1. n. The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.

Definition of Circulation

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Circulation

1. Movement in a regular or circuitous course, as the movement of the blood through the heart and blood vessels. Origin: L. Circulatio This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Circulation

circular plane circular reaction circular saw circular sinus circular sulcus of insula circular sulcus of Reil circulatable circulate circulated circulates

circulating circulating(a) circulating decimal circulating library circulation (current term) circulation (current term) circulations circulation time circulative circulator

circulators circulatory circulatory circulatory and respiratory physiology circulatory arrest circulatory collapse circulatory failure circulatory system circulatory system circulus

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