Vocabulary : Circuitous to Circulation
Circuitous : Going round in a circuit; roundabout; indirect; as, a circuitous road; a circuitous manner of accomplishing an end.
Circuity : A going round in a circle; a course not direct; a roundabout way of proceeding.
Circulable : That may be circulated.
Circular : In the form of, or bounded by, a circle; round. ;; repeating itself; ending in itself; reverting to the point of beginning; hence, illogical; inconclusive; as, circular reasoning. ;; Adhering to a fixed circle of legends; cyclic; hence, mean; inferior. See Cyclic poets, under Cyclic. ;; Addressed to a circle, or to a number of persons having a common interest; circulated, or intended for circulation; as, a circular letter. ;; Perfect; complete. ;; A circular letter, or paper, usually printed, copies of which are addressed or given to various persons; as, a business circular. ;; A sleeveless cloak, cut in circular form.
Circularity : The quality or state of being circular; a circular form.
Circularly : In a circular manner.
Circulary : Circular; illogical.
Circulate : To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body. ;; To pass from place to place, from person to person, or from hand to hand; to be diffused; as, money circulates; a story circulates. ;; To cause to pass from place to place, or from person to person; to spread; as, to circulate a report; to circulate bills of credit.
Circulating : of Circulate
Circulation : 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.
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