circulation

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circulation

  • /ˌsɜː(ɹ).kjʊˈleɪ.ʃən/ UK
  • /ˌsɝkjʊˈleɪʃən/ US

Rhymes with -eɪʃən

Where it comes from

From Middle English circulacioun, from Latin circulatio. Morphologically circulate + -ion.

noun circulations

  1. countable, uncountable The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.
  2. countable, uncountable The act of passing from place to place or person to person; free diffusion; transmission. For example, by changing the use of existing rooms, removing or replacing unsightly features, clearing obstacles to easy circulation, rearranging direction signs and generally introducing as much order as possible, most outdated station buildings can be made reasonably efficient and attractive.
  3. countable, uncountable Currency; circulating coins; notes, bills, etc., current for coin. The new bills will come into circulation next Friday.
  4. countable, uncountable The extent to which anything circulates or is circulated; the measurement of diffusion, especially the number of copies sold of a publication. June 1 2016, Karen Roberts in the Evening Express, Aberdeen Journals - The Broad Street Years The reputation and circulation of the paper continued to grow, and the board decided a new custom-built base was required for both the Press and Journal and Evening Express to replace the crumbling, but muc
  5. countable, uncountable The movement of the blood in the circulatory system, by which it is brought into close relations with the cells and tissues of the body; (loosely) the circulatory system. In the dead state all is apparently without motion. No agent within indicates design, intelligence, or foresight: there is no respiration; no digestion, circulation, or nutrition; […]
  6. countable, uncountable The movement of the sap in the vessels and tissues of plants.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: dissemination, spreading, airing, public exposure, circuit, circulate, revolving, rotation, circulated, circulating, circular, movement, mobility, disseminate, disseminated, propagation

Translations

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noun act of moving in a circle

Españolcirculación
Portuguêscirculação, circundação
DeutschKreislauf, Zirkulation, Umlauf
Ελληνικάκυκλοφορία kykloforía
Русскийкругово́е движе́ние krugovóje dvižénije, круговоро́т krugovorót, циркуля́ция cirkuljácija

noun line integral along a closed path

Españolcirculación
Portuguêscirculação
Françaiscirculation
Italianocircolazione

noun act of passing from place to place or person to person

Españolcirculación
Portuguêscirculação
DeutschUmlaufen, Zirkulieren
Ελληνικάκυκλοφορία kykloforía
Русскийоборо́т oborót

noun currency; circulating coin; notes, bills, etc.

Españolcirculación
Portuguêscirculação
DeutschGeldumlauf, Geldkreislauf, Geldzirkulation
Русскийобраще́ние obraščénije

noun extent to which anything circulates or is circulated

Españolcirculación
Русскийциркуля́ция cirkuljácija, оборо́т oborót

noun the number of a newspaper or a magazine has been sold

中文發行量 /发行量 fāxíngliàng, 銷售量 /销售量 xiāoshòuliàng

noun movement of the blood in the blood-vascular system

Españolcirculación
日本語血液循環 ketsueki junkan
中文血液循環 /血液循环 xiěyè xúnhuán
Portuguêscirculação
Françaiscirculation
DeutschBlutkreislauf
Ελληνικάκυκλοφορία kykloforía
Русскийкровообраще́ние krovoobraščénije

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@misc{circulation_2026,
  title = {circulation},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/circulation},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}