"circulator" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From circulate + -or.",
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      "form": "circulators",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Who is the circulator of this rumor?",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "A person or thing that causes something to circulate"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "You can ride the airport circulator to the next terminal.",
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        "A local transit system that provides regular service within a closed loop"
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        "(transport) A local transit system that provides regular service within a closed loop"
      ],
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        "transport"
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    },
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      "glosses": [
        "A passive electronic component with three or more ports, in which the ports can be accessed in such a way that when a signal is fed into any port it is transferred to the next port only"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(electronics) A passive electronic component with three or more ports, in which the ports can be accessed in such a way that when a signal is fed into any port it is transferred to the next port only"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "electrical-engineering",
        "electricity",
        "electromagnetism",
        "electronics",
        "energy",
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
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  "word": "circulator"
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    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -or",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
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    }
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From circulate + -or.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "circulators",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "text": "Who is the circulator of this rumor?",
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        "A person or thing that causes something to circulate"
      ],
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        [
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      ],
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        ],
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        ]
      ],
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        "(transport) A local transit system that provides regular service within a closed loop"
      ],
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      ]
    },
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      ],
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        "A passive electronic component with three or more ports, in which the ports can be accessed in such a way that when a signal is fed into any port it is transferred to the next port only"
      ],
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          "electronics",
          "electronics"
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        "(electronics) A passive electronic component with three or more ports, in which the ports can be accessed in such a way that when a signal is fed into any port it is transferred to the next port only"
      ],
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