circulation

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈsɜː(ɹ).kjʊˌleɪ.ʃən/, X-SAMPA: /"s3:(r\).jkU%leI.S@n/
• (US) IPA: /ˈsɝkjʊˌleɪʃən/, X-SAMPA: /"s3`kjU%leIS@n/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

circulation (countable and uncountable; plural circulations)

1. The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.
2. The act of passing from place to place or person to person; free diffusion; transmission.
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. 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.

Translations

The act of moving in a circle

• Bulgarian: обикаляне (bg) (obikaljane) n, движение в кръг (bg) (dviženie v krǎg)
• Esperanto: cirkulado (eo)
• Finnish: kiertoliike (fi)
• Hungarian: keringés (hu)
• Indonesian: perputaran (id)

• Russian: круговое движение (ru) (krugovóje dvižénije) n, круговорот (ru) (krugovorót) m, циркуляция (ru) (cirkuljácija) f
• Scottish Gaelic: cuairteachadh (gd) m
• Spanish: circulación (es) f

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

• Bulgarian: обикаляне (bg) (obikaljane) n
• Dutch: omloop (nl) m
• Finnish: kiertokulku (fi)

• Russian: оборот (ru) (oborót) m
• Spanish: circulación (es) f

Currency; circulating coin; notes, bills, etc.

• Bulgarian: обращение (bg) (obraštenie) n
• Dutch: oplage (nl)
• Finnish: levikki (fi)

• Hungarian: forgalom (hu)
• Russian: обращение (ru) (obraščénije) n
• Spanish: circulación (es) f

The extent to which anything circulates or is circulated

• Bulgarian: циркулация (bg) (cirkulacija) f
• Finnish: levikki (fi)
• Hungarian: keringés (hu)

• Russian: циркуляция (ru) (cirkuljácija) f, оборот (ru) (oborót) m
• Spanish: circulación (es) f

The movement of the blood in the blood-vascular system

• Bulgarian: кръвообращение (bg) (krǎvoobraštenie) n
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 血液循環 (cmn), 血液循环 (cmn) (xiěyè xúnhuán)

• Finnish: verenkierto (fi)
• French: circulation (fr) f
• German: Blutkreislauf (de) m
• Hungarian: keringés (hu), vérkeringés (hu)

• Indonesian: peredaran (id)
• Japanese: 血液循環 (ja) (けつえきじゅんかん, ketsueki junkan)
• Manx: kiarkley (gv) m, kiarkley ny folley (gv) m
• Russian: кровообращение (ru) (krovoobraščénije) n
• Scottish Gaelic: cuairteachadh (gd) m
• Spanish: circulación (es) f
• Turkish: kan dolaşımı (tr)

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French

Etymology

circuler +‎ -ation, ultimately from Latin circulo

Pronunciation

• IPA: /siʁ.ky.la.sjɔ̃/

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• Rhymes: -jɔ̃

Noun

circulation f (plural circulations)

1. circulation (act of moving in a circular shape)
2. (anatomy) circulation (of blood)
3. traffic
4. distribution, circulation (of a newspaper/magazine)