circulation time

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|engineering|drilling}} The [[amount]] of [[time]] [[required]] for [[mud]] to [[circulate]] from the [[suction]] [[pit]], enter into the [[wellbore]] and then [[return]] to the [[surface]].
2. {{lb|en|medicine}} The time it takes for a [[fluid]] to [[complete]] its [[circuit]] of the [[body]], especially the time it takes [[blood]] to [[circulate]].
3. {{lb|en|economics|archeology}} The [[time]] in which [[capital]] is [[bound up]] the [[form]] of a [[commodity]]; the [[time]] in which a [[manufactured]] [[item]] is [[in use]].
4. {{lb|en|oceanography|geosciences}} The [[time]] it takes [[oceanwater]], moving via [[current]]s, to move between two [[point]]s, or to [[complete]] a [[cycle]] back to its [[starting point]].
5. The [[amount]] of [[time]] that a [[fluid]] takes to [[complete]] a [[cycle]] around a [[vessel]] in which it is being [[mix]]ed or [[stir]]red.
6. {{lb|en|computing|computer science}} The [[amount]] of [[time]] that [[elapse]]s in a [[multiprocess]] [[system]] from the [[time]] when a [[process]] is [[load]]ed for [[execution]] until the [[time]] when the same [[process]] is next [[load]]ed for more [[processing]].

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