circulation

  • 1CIRCULATION — L’eau est le constituant majeur des organismes vivants. Les réactions chimiques complexes du métabolisme se déroulent en phase aqueuse et nécessitent des échanges permanents de substances: absorption de composés nutritifs et élimination de… …

    Encyclopédie Universelle

  • 2circulation — cir‧cu‧la‧tion [ˌsɜːkjˈleɪʆn ǁ ˌsɜːr ] noun 1. [uncountable] the exchange of money within an economy: • It was a bold anti inflation plan, including a squeeze on the circulation of money. 2. [uncountable] ECONOMICS if money is in circulation,… …

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  • 3Circulation — may refer to: Circulatory system, a biological organ system whose primary function is to move substances to and from cells Circulation (fluid dynamics), the path integral of the fluid velocity around a closed curve Circulation (journal), one of… …

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  • 4Circulation — Cir cu*la tion, n. [L. circulatio: cf. F. 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. [1913 Webster] This continual circulation of human things. Swift. [1913… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 5circulation — CIRCULATION. s. f. Mouvement de ce qui circule. La circulation du sang. La circulation de la séve dans les plantes. [b]f♛/b] On appelle figurément, La circulation de l argent, Le mouvement de l argent qui passe d une main à l autre, et qui le… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • 6circulation — Circulation. s. f. Mouvement de ce qui circule. On a depuis quelque temps descouvert la circulation du sang. On dit fig. La circulation de l argent, pour exprimer le mouvement de l argent qui passe d une main à l autre …

    Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • 7circulation — (n.) mid 15c., from M.Fr. circulation or directly from L. circulationem (nom. circulatio), noun of action from pp. stem of circulare to form a circle, from circulus small ring (see CIRCLE (Cf. circle)). Used of blood first by William Harvey,… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 8circulation — [n1] distribution apportionment, currency, dissemination, spread, transmission; concepts 631,651 circulation [n2] moving circularly circling, circuit, circumvolution, current, flow, flowing, gyration, gyre, motion, revolution, rotation, round,… …

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  • 9Circulation — (v. lat.), Umlauf, so C. des Blutes, s. Blutumlauf; C. des Geldes, s. u. Geld. Circulationsbanken sind so v. w. Zettelbanken (s. Bank). Circulationsmittel (Umlaufsmittel), alles Geld u. alle Werthpapiere, welche anstatt des Geldes im Handel… …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 10circulation — I noun allocation, allotment, branching out, circumagere, diffusion, dispensation, dispensing, dispergere, dispersal, dispersion, dissemination, distribution, divergence, divulgare, emanation, flow, flowing, flux, issuance, motion, movement,… …

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