Circulating

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  circulating \circulating\ adj.
     1. moving or flowing in a circuit and returning to the same
        point; as, steam circulating through the pipes; the
        circulating thyroid hormones.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  


     2. passing from one to another. [prenominal]
        [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Circulate \Cir"cu*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Circulated}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Circulating}.] [L. circulatus, p. p. of
     circulare, v. t., to surround, make round, circulari, v. i.,
     to gather into a circle. See {Circle}.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and
        return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the
        body. --Boyle.
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     2. To pass from place to place, from person to person, or
        from hand to hand; to be diffused; as, money circulates; a
        story circulates.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     {Circulating decimal}. See {Decimal}.
  
     {Circulating library}, a library whose books are loaned to
        the public, usually at certain fixed rates.
  
     {Circulating medium}. See {Medium}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  circulating
       adj : passing from one to another; "circulating bills and coins"
             [syn: {circulating(a)}]