circulation
pronunciation
How to pronounce circulation in British English:
UK [ˌsɜːkjəˈleɪʃn]
How to pronounce circulation in American English:
US [ˌsɜːrkjəˈleɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- the dissemination of copies of periodicals (as newspapers or magazines)
- movement through a circuit; especially the movement of blood through the heart and blood vessels
- (library science) the count of books that are loaned by a library over a specified period
- number of copies of a newspaper or magazine that are sold
- free movement or passage through a series of vessels (as of water through pipes or sap through a plant)
- the spread or transmission of something (as news or money) to a wider group or area
Word Origin
- circulation (n.)
- mid-15c., from Middle French circulation or directly from Latin circulationem (nominative circulatio), noun of action from past participle stem of circulare "to form a circle," from circulus "small ring" (see circle (n.)). Used of blood first by William Harvey, 1620s.
Example
- 1. International circulation soon outstripped that of the uk edition .
- 2. Heat will increase circulation and increase swelling .
- 3. There are currently about 7.2 million in circulation .
- 4. This ' overturning ' circulation draws in yet more warm water from the south .
- 5. Their findings are in the american heart association journal circulation .