different between circulation vs expansion

English

Etymology

From Middle English circulacioun, from Latin circulatio.Morphologically circulate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s??(?).kj??le?.??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?kj??le???n/
• Homophone: surculation
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

circulation (countable and uncountable, plural circulations)

2. The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.
3. The act of passing from place to place or person to person; free diffusion; transmission.
4. Currency; circulating coins; notes, bills, etc., current for coin.

   The new bills will come into circulation next Friday.

5. The extent to which anything circulates or is circulated; the measurement of diffusion
   • June 1 2016, Karen Roberts in the Evening Express, Aberdeen Journals - The Broad Street Years

     The reputation and circulation of the paper continued to grow, and the board decided a new custom-built base was required for both the Press and Journal and Evening Express to replace the crumbling, but much loved, Broad Street offices.

7. The movement of the blood in the circulatory system, by which it is brought into close relations with almost every living elementary constituent.
8. The movement of the sap in the vessels and tissues of plants.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• circle
• cycle
• cyclus

Anagrams

• unicortical

French

Etymology

From Latin circulatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si?.ky.la.sj??/
• Rhymes: -j??

Noun

circulation f (plural circulations)

1. circulation (act of moving in a circular shape)
2. (anatomy) circulation (of blood)
3. traffic
4. distribution, circulation (of a newspaper/magazine)

Derived terms

• bande de circulation
• circulation alternée
• voie de circulation

Related terms

• circuler

Further reading

• “circulation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From French expansion, from Latin exp?nsi?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?spæn??n/
• Hyphenation: ex?pan?sion

Noun

expansion (countable and uncountable, plural expansions)

1. An act, process, or instance of expanding.

2. The fractional change in unit length per unit length per unit temperature change.
3. A new addition.

4. A product to be used with a previous product.

5. That which is expanded; expanse; extended surface.
   • 1771, James Beattie, The Minstrel

     the starred expansion of the skies

6. (steam engines) The operation of steam in a cylinder after its communication with the boiler has been cut off, by which it continues to exert pressure upon the moving piston.

Antonyms

• (act of expanding): contraction, shrinkage

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin exp?nsi?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.sp??.sj??/

Noun

expansion f (plural expansions)

1. expansion

Descendants

• ? German: Expansion

Further reading

• “expansion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin exp?nsi?, attested from 1776.

Noun

expansion c

1. expansion

Declension

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