| circulate | (v) cause to become widely known, Syn. broadcast, circularize, disperse, pass around, circularise, propagate, disseminate, spread, diffuse, distribute, Example: spread information; circulate a rumor; broadcast the news |
| circulate | (v) cause be distributed, Syn. pass around, distribute, pass on, Example: This letter is being circulated among the faculty |
| circulate | (v) move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point, Example: Blood circulates in my veins; The air here does not circulate |
| circulate | (v) cause to move in a circuit or system, Example: The fan circulates the air in the room |
| circulate | (v) move around freely, Example: She circulates among royalty |
| circulating decimal | (n) a decimal with a sequence of digits that repeats itself indefinitely, Syn. repeating decimal, recurring decimal |
| circulation | (n) the dissemination of copies of periodicals (as newspapers or magazines) |
| circulation | (n) movement through a circuit; especially the movement of blood through the heart and blood vessels |
| circulation | (n) (library science) the count of books that are loaned by a library over a specified period |
| circulation | (n) number of copies of a newspaper or magazine that are sold, Example: by increasing its circulation the newspaper hoped to increase its advertising |
| Circulate | v. i.
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| Circulate | v. t. To cause to pass from place to place, or from person to person; to spread;
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| circulating | adj. |
| Circulation | n. [ L. circulatio: cf. F. circulation. ] This continual circulation of human things. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ] The true doctrines of astronomy appear to have had some popular circulation. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Circulative | a. Promoting circulation; circulating. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Circulator | n. [ Cf. L. circulator a peddler. ] One who, or that which, circulates. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Circulatorious | a. Travelling from house to house or from town to town; itinerant. [ Obs. ] “Circulatorious jugglers.” Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Circulatory | a. [ L. circulatorius pert. to a mountebank: cf. F. circulatoire. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Circulatory | n. A chemical vessel consisting of two portions unequally exposed to the heat of the fire, and with connecting pipes or passages, through which the fluid rises from the overheated portion, and descends from the relatively colder, maintaining a circulation. [ 1913 Webster ] |