Look up: circulation

1. circulation
   [n] - (library science) the count of books that are loaned by a library over a specified period 2. [n] - number of copies of a newspaper or magazine that are sold 3. [n] - movement through a circuit 4. [n] - free movement or passage through a series of vessels (as of water through...
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2. Circulation
   Term commonly used to refer to the blood circulation – the route that the blood takes as it travels around the body through the blood vessels.
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3. circulation
   the flow of blood through the body's blood vessels and heart.
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4. circulation
   movement of drilling fluid from mud pits, down drill stem, up annulus, and back to mud pits.
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5. Circulation
   Circulation refers to the number of copies distributed by a publication. Audited circulation figures are available for all major publications. (See ABC). Not to be confused with readership.
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6. Circulation
   (circulatory system) The flow of blood through the body. The blood flows from the right side of the heart to the lungs where it picks up oxygen. It goes back to the left side of the heart and is then pumped around the body. After it has travelled around the body, it goes back to the right side of the heart.
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7. Circulation
   The flow of blood around the body through the heart, arteries, capillaries and veins
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8. Circulation
   Circulation: The movement of fluid in a regular or circuitous course. Although the noun "circulation" does not necessarily refer to the circulation of the blood, for all practical purposes today it does. Heart failure is an example of a problem with the circulation.
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9. circulation
   a scalar line integral along a closed path Category: Electrical engineering and energy • the average number of actual listeners or viewers in a given time period. Category: General • in print, the number of copies sold or distributed. Category: Commerce - movement of goods
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10. circulation
    Circulation is the blood flow in the body which can be affected by sitting for too long or awkwardly. Users should get up and move around or do stretching exercises in their chair to get the circulation going.
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11. Circulation
    Cir`cu·la'tion noun [ Latin circulatio : confer French circulation .] 1. The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began. « This continual circulation of ...
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12. circulation
    <physiology> Movement in a regular or circuitous course, as the movement of the blood through the heart and blood vessels. ... Origin: L. Circulatio ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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13. circulation
    noun the spread or transmission of something (as news or money) to a wider group or area
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14. circulation
    noun the dissemination of copies of periodicals (as newspapers or magazines)
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15. circulation
    noun free movement or passage through a series of vessels (as of water through pipes or sap through a plant)
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16. circulation
    noun movement through a circuit; especially the movement of blood through the heart and blood vessels
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17. circulation
    noun number of copies of a newspaper or magazine that are sold; `by increasing its circulation the newspaper hoped to increase its advertising`
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18. circulation
    (sur″ku-la´shәn) movement in a regular or circuitous course, returning to the point of origin. the movement of blood through the heart and blood vessels by which food, oxygen, and internal secretions are carried to and wastes are carried from the body tissues; see also circulatory system.
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19. Circulation
    • (n.) The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began. • (n.) 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 movem...
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20. circulation
    (from the article `architecture`) Communication among differentiated spaces and between the exterior and the interior may be achieved by openings alone in the simplest plans, but most ...
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21. circulation
    (from the article `boundary ecosystem`) ...where salt water is measurably diluted with fresh water. On average, estuaries are biologically more productive than either the adjacent river or ... The proof of Thomson`s theorem depends on the concept of circulation, which Thomson introduced. This quantity is defined for a closed loop which ...
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22. circulation
    (from the article `publishing, history of`) ...the cost of producing more copies; but, as soon as high advertising rates could be justified by a high circulation, profitability was assured. ...
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23. circulation
    the process by which nutrients, respiratory gases, and metabolic products are transported throughout a living organism, permitting integration among ... [13 related articles]
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24. circulation
    (L. circulatio) movement in a regular or circuitous course, as the movement of the blood through the heart and blood vessels.
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25. circulation
    circulation 1. The continuous movement of blood through the heart and blood vessels, which is maintained chiefly by the action of the heart, and by which nutrients, oxygen, and internal secretions are carried to and wastes are carried from the body tissues. 2. An act or instance of circulating, mov...
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