Circulation
[sɜːkjʊ'leɪʃ(ə)n] or [,sɝkjə'leʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the spread or transmission of something (as news or money) to a wider group or area.
(noun.) the dissemination of copies of periodicals (as newspapers or magazines).
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) movement through a circuit; especially the movement of blood through the heart and blood vessels.
(noun.) number of copies of a newspaper or magazine that are sold; 'by increasing its circulation the newspaper hoped to increase its advertising'.
(noun.) (library science) the count of books that are loaned by a library over a specified period.
Inputed by Dustin--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.
(n.) The act of passing from place to place or person to person; free diffusion; transmission.
(n.) Currency; circulating coin; notes, bills, etc., current for coin.
(n.) The extent to which anything circulates or is circulated; the measure of diffusion; as, the circulation of a newspaper.
(n.) 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.
Edited by Cathryn
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Motion in a circle.[2]. Diffusion, dissemination, promulgation, propagation.[3]. Currency, money, circulating medium.
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Examples
- Heating by the circulation of hot water through pipes was also originated or revived during the 18th century, and a short time before Watt's circulation of steam. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The whole value of the great wheel of circulation and distribution is added to the goods which are circulated and distributed by means of it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- One does not blush to show modesty or embarrassment to others, but because the capillary circulation alters in response to stimuli. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- But the money which, by this annual diminution of produce, is annually thrown out of domestic circulation, will not be allowed to lie idle. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It restrains the circulation of each particular company within a narrower circle, and reduces their circulating notes to a smaller number. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The circulation between the dealers, as it is carried on by wholesale, requires generally a pretty large sum for every particular transaction. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Before the Act of parliament which put a stop to the circulation of ten and five shilling notes, it filled a still greater part of that circulation. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The Bank of England is the greatest bank of circulation in Europe. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- When it was obliged to stop, it had in the circulation about two hundred thousand pounds in bank notes. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It is the labour of artificers and manufacturers only of which the free circulation is obstructed by corporation laws. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Corporation laws, however, give less obstruction to the free circulation of stock from one place to another, than to that of labour. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In the currencies of North America, paper was commonly issued for so small a sum as a shilling, and filled almost the whole of that circulation. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This practice was called raising money by circulation. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The obstruction which corporation laws give to the free circulation of labour is common, I believe, to every part of Europe. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The price was three cents a copy, or eight cents a month for regular subscribers, and the circulation ran up to over four hundred copies an issue. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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