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Circulation

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

(library science) the count of books that are loaned by a library over a specified period

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the spread or transmission of something (as news or money) to a wider group or area

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the dissemination of copies of periodicals (as newspapers or magazines)

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free movement or passage (as of cytoplasm within a cell or sap through a plant)

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movement through a circuit

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number of copies of a newspaper or magazine that are sold

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unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Circulations
possessive
Circulation's
pluralpossessive
Circulations'