Definitions for: Circulation


[n] the spread or transmission of something (as news or money) to a wider group or area
[n] the dissemination of copies of periodicals (as newspapers or magazines)
[n] free movement or passage through a series of vessels (as of water through pipes or sap through a plant)
[n] movement through a circuit; especially the movement of blood through the heart and blood vessels
[n] number of copies of a newspaper or magazine that are sold; "by increasing its circulation the newspaper hoped to increase its advertising"
[n] (library science) the count of books that are loaned by a library over a specified period



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

See Also: airing, blood pressure, change of location, count, dissemination, organic phenomenon, public exposure, pulmonary circulation, spread, spreading, spreading, systemic circulation, travel, vitelline circulation

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