"circulator" meaning in English

See circulator in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-circulator.wav [US] Forms: circulators [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English circulate English -or English circulator From circulate + -or. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|circulate|-or|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English circulate English -or English circulator From circulate + -or. Head templates: {{en-noun}} circulator (plural circulators)
  1. A person or thing that causes something to circulate
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  2. (transport) A local transit system that provides regular service within a closed loop
    Sense id: en-circulator-en-noun-7aeEeQxc Categories (other): Transport, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English terms suffixed with -or Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 22 35 43 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 22 35 43 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -or: 28 37 35 Topics: transport
  3. (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
    Sense id: en-circulator-en-noun-XMYmrCCc Categories (other): Electronics, English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -or, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 12 36 52 Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 14 38 49 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 22 35 43 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 22 35 43 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 34 55 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -or: 28 37 35 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 8 18 42 4 13 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 6 31 39 3 9 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 24 53 3 7 8 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 14 17 33 4 11 22 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: thermocirculator

Inflected forms

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