Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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}.

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.

Source : WordNet®

circulating
     adj : passing from one to another; "circulating bills and coins"
           [syn: {circulating(a)}]