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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Decimal \Dec"i*mal\, n.
     A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and
     almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal
     fraction.
  
     Circulating, or Circulatory, decimal, a decimal
        fraction in which the same figure, or set of figures, is
        constantly repeated; as, 0.354354354; -- called also
        recurring decimal, repeating decimal, and repetend.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Circulate \Cir"cu*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ciorculated; 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.]
     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.
  
     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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


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

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  circulating
     a.
     1 Moving about freely.
     2 An institution lending from its collection, especially of books, on
  condition of membership.
     vb.
     (present participle of en circulate nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  circulating
     a.
     1 Moving about freely.
     2 An institution lending from its collection, especially of books, on
  condition of membership.
     vb.
     (present participle of en circulate nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  circulating
     a.
     1 Moving about freely.
     2 An institution lending from its collection, especially of books, on
  condition of membership.
     vb.
     (present participle of en circulate nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  circulating
     a.
     1 Moving about freely.
     2 An institution lending from its collection, especially of books, on
  condition of membership.
     vb.
     (present participle of en circulate nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  circulating
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm c irculat ing e)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  circulating
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en circulate ordform=prespart)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Circulating /sˈɜːkjʊlˌeɪtɪŋ/
  التوزيع

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  circulating /sˈɜːkjʊlˌeɪtɪŋ/ 
  obíhání

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  circulating /sˈɜːkjʊlˌeɪtɪŋ/ 
  cirkulování

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]


  circulating /sˈɜːkjʊlˌeɪtɪŋ/ 
  cylchredol

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  circulating /sˈɜːkjʊlˌeɪtɪŋ/
  in Umlauf setzend, herumgehen lassend, verteilend
   see: circulate sth., circulated, circulate a leaflet to sb.