different between rotational vs circulation

English

Etymology

rotation +? -al

Adjective

rotational (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to or caused by rotation.

   A steam turbine converts heat into rotational motion.

Antonyms

• irrotational

Translations

Noun

rotational (plural rotationals)

1. An employee in a job rotation scheme.
   • 1995, Oded Shenkar, Global Perspectives of Human Resource Management (page 87)

     For the new rotationals, the American manager must begin the interview by asking the applicant a few questions of a personal nature about his family, childhood education, philosophy of life, social relationships, hobbies and interests, […]

   • 2003, Thomas R. Warne, National Cooperative Highway Research Program, Recruiting and Retaining Individuals in State Transportation Agencies (page 51)

     We have found that our future leaders are our current rotationals. We also offer educational assistance for all full-time employees, which pays 100% related to the job or 75% for all other classes.

2. Something, such as a joint, that moves by rotating.
   • 1982, IEEE, Proceedings of the International Conference on Cybernetics and Society (page 254)

     The positioning of the wrist is related to the upper three joints of the robot arm with three degrees of freedom, for the two motions of the shoulder and the one motion of the elbow, all rotationals.

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).