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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Decimal \Dec"i*mal\, n. A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal fraction. {Circulating}, or {Circulatory}, {decimal}, a decimal fraction in which the same figure, or set of figures, is constantly repeated; as 0.354354354; -- called also {recurring decimal}, {repeating decimal}, and {repetend}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Circulate \Cir"cu*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ciorculated}; 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}.] 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. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: circulating adj 1: moving or flowing in a circuit and returning to the same point; "steam circulating through the pipes"; "the circulating thyroid hormones" 2: passing from one to another; "circulating bills and coins" [syn: {circulating(a)}]
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