Circulation
WordNet
noun
(1) The spread or transmission of something (as news or money) to a wider group or area
(2) The dissemination of copies of periodicals (as newspapers or magazines)
(3) Free movement or passage through a series of vessels (as of water through pipes or sap through a plant)
(4) Movement through a circuit; especially the movement of blood through the heart and blood vessels
(5) Number of copies of a newspaper or magazine that are sold
"By increasing its circulation the newspaper hoped to increase its advertising"
(6) (library science) the count of books that are loaned by a library over a specified period
WiktionaryText
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 coin; notes, bills, etc., current for coin.
- The extent to which anything circulates or is circulated; the measure of diffusion; as, the circulation of a newspaper.
- The movement of the blood in the blood-vascular system, by which it is brought into close relations with almost every living elementary constituent. Also the movement of the sap in the vessels and tissues of plants.
Noun
- traffic (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)