circulation

Meaning

Noun

• The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.
• The act of passing from place to place or person to person; free diffusion; transmission.
• Currency; circulating coins; notes, bills, etc., current for coin.
• The extent to which anything circulates or is circulated; the measurement of diffusion
• The movement of the blood in the circulatory system, by which it is brought into close relations with almost every living elementary constituent.
• The movement of the sap in the vessels and tissues of plants.

Origin

• From Middle English circulacioun, from Latin circulatio.
• Morphologically circulate + -ion