circulation
English
/ˌsɜː(ɹ).kjʊˈleɪ.ʃən/, /ˌsɝkjʊˈleɪʃən/
noun
Definitions
- The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.
- The act of passing from place to place or person to person; free diffusion; transmission.
- Currency; circulating coins; notes, bills, etc., current for coin.
- The extent to which anything circulates or is circulated; the measurement of diffusion
- The movement of the blood in the circulatory system, by which it is brought into close relations with almost every living elementary constituent.
- The movement of the sap in the vessels and tissues of plants.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English circulacioun derived from Latin circulatio.
Origin
Latin
circulatio
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cerebrocirculation English
- circulational English
- circulationary English
- circulationism English
- circulationist English
- cocirculation English
- macrocirculation English
- malcirculation English
- microcirculation English
- miscirculation English
- overcirculation English
- circulatio Latin
- circulor Latin
- circulation French
- circulacioun Middle English
- sirkulasyon Cebuano