circulating

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circulating - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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     2. passing from one to another. [prenominal]
        [WordNet 1.5]

  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.
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     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.
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     Circulating decimal. See Decimal.
  
     Circulating library, a library whose books are loaned to
        the public, usually at certain fixed rates.
  
     Circulating medium. See Medium.
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circulating - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  circulating
      adj 1: passing from one to another; "circulating bills and
             coins"