circulation
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
circulation/sɜːkjəˈleɪʃn/
▶noun
- 1 movement to and fro or around something.
■ the continuous motion by which blood travels through the body.
- 2 the public availability or knowledge of something: his music has achieved wide circulation.
- 3 the number of copies sold of a newspaper or magazine.
– phrases
in (or out of) circulation
in (or out of) circulation
- 1 available (or unavailable) for general use.
- 2 (of a person) seen (or not seen) in public.
– derivatives
circulatory adjective.
circulatory adjective.
'circulation' also found in these Oxford entries:
adrenalin
- artery
- atheroma
- autonomic
- bioavailability
- bypass
- chilblain
- cyanosis
- gangrene
- giro
- grapevine
- hole in the heart
- hypostasis
- microcirculation
- money supply
- neurohormone
- resorb
- retire
- strangulate
- thermohaline
- uncirculated
- utter
- varicose
- vein
- whispering campaign

