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circulation noun [ səːkjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n ]

• movement to and fro or around something, especially that of fluid in a closed system.
• "an extra pump for good water circulation"
Similar: flow, motion, movement, course, passage,
• the public availability or knowledge of something.
• "his music has achieved wide circulation"
Similar: dissemination, spreading, communication, transmission, making known, putting about, broadcasting, publication, propagation, promulgation, distribution, diffusion, issuance,
Origin: late Middle English (denoting continuous distillation of a liquid): from Latin circulatio(n- ), from the verb circulare (see circulate).

in circulation

• available to the public; in general use.
"there is a huge volume of video material in circulation"

out of circulation

• unavailable to the public; not in general use.
"she apologized and took the book out of circulation"



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