Words that rhyme with circulation

• abbreviation 0
  n 1: a shortened form of a word or phrase 2: shortening something by omitting parts of it
• adulation 0
  n 1: servile flattery; exaggerated and hypocritical praise
• affiliation 0
  n 1: a social or business relationship; "a valuable financial affiliation"; "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team"; "many close associations with England" [syn: affiliation, association, tie, tie- up] 2: the act of becoming formally connected or joined; "welcomed the affiliation of the research center with the university"
• alleviation 0
  n 1: the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced; "as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief" [syn: relief, alleviation, assuagement] 2: the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance); "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain" [syn: easing, easement, alleviation, relief]
• ambulation 0
  n 1: walking about; "the hospital encouraged early ambulation"
• annihilation 0
  n 1: destruction by annihilating something [syn: annihilation, obliteration] 2: total destruction; "bomb tests resulted in the annihilation of the atoll" [syn: annihilation, disintegration]
• appreciation 0
  n 1: understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something; "he has a good grasp of accounting practices" [syn: appreciation, grasp, hold] 2: delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values); "arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success"; "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste" [syn: taste, appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness] 3: an expression of gratitude; "he expressed his appreciation in a short note" 4: a favorable judgment; "a small token in admiration of your works" [syn: admiration, appreciation] 5: an increase in price or value; "an appreciation of 30% in the value of real estate" [ant: depreciation]
• appropriation 0
  n 1: money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose 2: incorporation by joining or uniting [syn: annexation, appropriation] 3: a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner; "the necessary funds were obtained by the government's appropriation of the company's operating unit"; "a person's appropriation of property belonging to another is dishonest"
• articulation 0
  n 1: the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech 2: the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made [syn: articulation, join, joint, juncture, junction] 3: expressing in coherent verbal form; "the articulation of my feelings"; "I gave voice to my feelings" [syn: articulation, voice] 4: (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion) [syn: joint, articulation, articulatio] 5: the act of joining things in such a way that motion is possible
• assimilation 0
  n 1: the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family 2: the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another [syn: assimilation, absorption] 3: the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion [syn: assimilation, absorption] 4: a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound 5: the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure [syn: acculturation, assimilation] 6: in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance
• association 0
  n 1: a formal organization of people or groups of people; "he joined the Modern Language Association" 2: the act of consorting with or joining with others; "you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association" 3: the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination; "his association of his father with being beaten was too strong to break" [ant: disassociation] 4: the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination; "conditioning is a form of learning by association" [syn: association, connection, connexion] 5: a social or business relationship; "a valuable financial affiliation"; "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team"; "many close associations with England" [syn: affiliation, association, tie, tie-up] 6: a relation resulting from interaction or dependence; "flints were found in association with the prehistoric remains of the bear"; "the host is not always injured by association with a parasite" 7: (chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding 8: (ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species
• automation 0
  n 1: the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology; usually involving electronic hardware; "automation replaces human workers by machines" [syn: automation, mechanization, mechanisation] 2: the condition of being automatically operated or controlled; "automation increases productivity" 3: equipment used to achieve automatic control or operation; "this factory floor is a showcase for automation and robotic equipment"
• aviation 0
  n 1: the aggregation of a country's military aircraft [syn: aviation, air power] 2: the operation of aircraft to provide transportation 3: the art of operating aircraft [syn: aviation, airmanship] 4: travel via aircraft; "air travel involves too much waiting in airports"; "if you've time to spare go by air" [syn: air travel, aviation, air]
• calculation 0
  n 1: the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods [syn: calculation, computation, computing] 2: problem solving that involves numbers or quantities [syn: calculation, computation, figuring, reckoning] 3: planning something carefully and intentionally; "it was the deliberation of his act that was insulting" [syn: calculation, deliberation]
• cancellation 0
  n 1: the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement 2: the speech act of revoking or annulling or making void
• capitulation 0
  n 1: a document containing the terms of surrender 2: a summary that enumerates the main parts of a topic 3: the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions); "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort" [syn: capitulation, fall, surrender]
• celebration 0
  n 1: a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event [syn: celebration, jubilation] 2: any joyous diversion [syn: celebration, festivity] 3: the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual; "the celebration of marriage" [syn: celebration, solemnization, solemnisation]
• coagulation 0
  n 1: the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid [syn: curdling, clotting, coagulation]
• collation 0
  n 1: a light informal meal [syn: bite, collation, snack] 2: assembling in proper numerical or logical sequence 3: careful examination and comparison to note points of disagreement
• combination 0
  n 1: a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities 2: a coordinated sequence of chess moves 3: a sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination lock; "he forgot the combination to the safe" 4: a group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose; "they were a winning combination" 5: an alliance of people or corporations or countries for a special purpose (formerly to achieve some antisocial end but now for general political or economic purposes) 6: the act of arranging elements into specified groups without regard to order 7: the act of combining things to form a new whole [syn: combination, combining, compounding]
• compilation 0
  n 1: something that is compiled (as into a single book or file) [syn: compilation, digest] 2: the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list); "the job of compiling the inventory took several hours" [syn: compilation, compiling]
• complication 0
  n 1: the act or process of complicating 2: a situation or condition that is complex or confused; "her coming was a serious complication" 3: any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of (or because of) another disease; "bed sores are a common complication in cases of paralysis" 4: a development that complicates a situation; "the court's decision had many unforeseen ramifications" [syn: complication, ramification] 5: puzzling complexity [syn: complicatedness, complication, knottiness, tortuousness]
• conciliation 0
  n 1: the state of manifesting goodwill and cooperation after being reconciled; "there was a brief period of conciliation but the fighting soon resumed" 2: any of various forms of mediation whereby disputes may be settled short of arbitration 3: the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity [syn: placation, conciliation, propitiation]
• confabulation 0
  n 1: an informal conversation [syn: chat, confab, confabulation, schmooze, schmoose] 2: (psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered
• congratulation 0
  n 1: the act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration [syn: congratulation, felicitation] 2: (usually plural) an expression of pleasure at the success or good fortune of another; "I sent them my sincere congratulations on their marriage" [syn: congratulation, felicitation]
• consolation 0
  n 1: the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment; "second place was no consolation to him" [syn: consolation, solace, solacement] 2: the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction; "his presence was a consolation to her" [syn: consolation, comfort, solace]
• constellation 0
  n 1: an arrangement of parts or elements; "the outcome depends on the configuration of influences at the time" [syn: configuration, constellation] 2: a configuration of stars as seen from the earth
• continuation 0
  n 1: the act of continuing an activity without interruption [syn: continuance, continuation] [ant: discontinuance, discontinuation] 2: a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it [syn: sequel, continuation] 3: a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction [syn: good continuation, continuation, law of continuation] 4: the consequence of being lengthened in duration [syn: lengthiness, prolongation, continuation, protraction]
• conversation 0
  n 1: the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.
• copulation 0
  n 1: the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur [syn: sexual intercourse, intercourse, sex act, copulation, coitus, coition, sexual congress, congress, sexual relation, relation, carnal knowledge]
• correlation 0
  n 1: a reciprocal relation between two or more things [syn: correlation, correlativity] 2: a statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary; it can vary from -1 (perfect negative correlation) through 0 (no correlation) to +1 (perfect positive correlation); "what is the correlation between those two variables?" [syn: correlation coefficient, coefficient of correlation, correlation] 3: a statistical relation between two or more variables such that systematic changes in the value of one variable are accompanied by systematic changes in the other [syn: correlation, correlational statistics]
• creation 0
  n 1: the human act of creating [syn: creation, creative activity] 2: an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone 3: the event that occurred at the beginning of something; "from its creation the plan was doomed to failure" [syn: creation, conception] 4: the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society" [syn: initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration] 5: (theology) God's act of bringing the universe into existence 6: everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence" [syn: universe, existence, creation, world, cosmos, macrocosm]
• cremation 0
  n 1: the incineration of a dead body
• crustacean 0
  adj 1: of or belonging to the class Crustacea [syn: crustaceous, crustacean] n 1: any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton
• defibrillation 0
  n 1: treatment by stopping fibrillation of heart muscles (usually by electric shock delivered by a defibrillator)
• delineation 0
  n 1: a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland"; "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters" [syn: word picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction, picture, characterization, characterisation] 2: a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects [syn: delineation, depiction, limning, line drawing] 3: representation by drawing or painting etc [syn: depiction, delineation, portrayal]
• demodulation 0
  n 1: (electronics) the reception of a signal by extracting it from the carrier wave
• denunciation 0
  n 1: a public act of denouncing [syn: denunciation, denouncement]
• depopulation 0
  n 1: the condition of having reduced numbers of inhabitants (or no inhabitants at all)
• depreciation 0
  n 1: a decrease in price or value; "depreciation of the dollar against the yen" [ant: appreciation] 2: decrease in value of an asset due to obsolescence or use [syn: depreciation, wear and tear] 3: a communication that belittles somebody or something [syn: disparagement, depreciation, derogation]
• desolation 0
  n 1: the state of being decayed or destroyed [syn: devastation, desolation] 2: a bleak and desolate atmosphere; "the nakedness of the landscape" [syn: bleakness, desolation, bareness, nakedness] 3: sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned [syn: forlornness, loneliness, desolation] 4: an event that results in total destruction [syn: devastation, desolation]
• destination 0
  n 1: the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey); "a crowd assembled at the finish"; "he was nearly exhausted as their destination came into view" [syn: finish, destination, goal] 2: the ultimate goal for which something is done [syn: destination, terminus] 3: written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location [syn: address, destination, name and address]
• detonation 0
  n 1: a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction [syn: explosion, detonation, blowup] 2: the act of detonating an explosive
• devaluation 0
  n 1: an official lowering of a nation's currency; a decrease in the value of a country's currency relative to that of foreign countries 2: the reduction of something's value or worth
• deviation 0
  n 1: a variation that deviates from the standard or norm; "the deviation from the mean" [syn: deviation, divergence, departure, difference] 2: the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function 3: the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances 4: deviate behavior [syn: deviation, deviance] 5: a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal" [syn: diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagation]
• differentiation 0
  n 1: a discrimination between things as different and distinct; "it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation" [syn: differentiation, distinction] 2: the mathematical process of obtaining the derivative of a function 3: (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function; "cell differentiation in the developing embryo" [syn: specialization, specialisation, differentiation]
• dilation 0
  n 1: a lengthy discussion (spoken or written) on a particular topic 2: the act of expanding an aperture; "the dilation of the pupil of the eye" [syn: dilation, dilatation]
• discontinuation 0
  n 1: the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent) [syn: discontinuance, discontinuation] [ant: continuance, continuation]
• dissimilation 0
  n 1: a linguistic process by which one of two similar sounds in a word becomes less like the other; "the Old French MARBRE became the English MARBLE by dissimilation" 2: breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy [syn: catabolism, katabolism, dissimilation, destructive metabolism] [ant: anabolism, constructive metabolism]
• dissimulation 0
  n 1: the act of deceiving [syn: deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation]
• dissociation 0
  n 1: the act of removing from association 2: a state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently [syn: dissociation, disassociation] 3: (chemistry) the temporary or reversible process in which a molecule or ion is broken down into smaller molecules or ions
• distillation 0
  n 1: the process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors [syn: distillation, distillment] 2: a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling [syn: distillate, distillation]
• ejaculation 0
  n 1: an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion [syn: ejaculation, interjection] 2: the discharge of semen in males
• elation 0
  n 1: an exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism; an absence of depression [ant: depression] 2: a feeling of joy and pride [syn: elation, high spirits, lightness]
• emasculation 0
  n 1: loss of power and masculinity 2: neutering a male animal by removing the testicles [syn: castration, emasculation]
• emulation 0
  n 1: ambition to equal or excel 2: (computer science) technique of one machine obtaining the same results as another 3: effort to equal or surpass another
• escalation 0
  n 1: an increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy; "higher wages caused an escalation of prices"; "there was a gradual escalation of hostilities"
• exhalation 0
  n 1: exhaled breath [syn: halitus, exhalation] 2: the act of expelling air from the lungs [syn: exhalation, expiration, breathing out]
• expostulation 0
  n 1: the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest [syn: expostulation, remonstrance, remonstration, objection] 2: an exclamation of protest or remonstrance or reproof
• extrapolation 0
  n 1: (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function outside the range of known values 2: an inference about the future (or about some hypothetical situation) based on known facts and observations
• flagellation 0
  n 1: beating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation 2: beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment [syn: whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellation]
• flocculation 0
  n 1: the process of flocculating; forming woolly cloudlike aggregations
• formulation 0
  n 1: a substance prepared according to a formula; "the physician prescribed a commercial preparation of the medicine" [syn: formulation, preparation] 2: inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally [syn: conceptualization, conceptualisation, formulation] 3: the style of expressing yourself; "he suggested a better formulation"; "his manner of expression showed how much he cared" [syn: formulation, expression]
• gesticulation 0
  n 1: a deliberate and vigorous gesture or motion
• granulation 0
  n 1: new connective tissue and tiny blood vessels that form on the surfaces of a wound during the healing process [syn: granulation, granulation tissue] 2: the act of forming something into granules or grains; "the granulation of medicines"
• immolation 0
  n 1: killing or offering as a sacrifice
• inhalation 0
  n 1: the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing [syn: inhalation, inspiration, aspiration, intake, breathing in] 2: a medication to be taken by inhaling it [syn: inhalant, inhalation]
• inoculation 0
  n 1: taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease [syn: inoculation, vaccination]
• inosculation 0
  n 1: a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous [syn: anastomosis, inosculation]
• installation 0
  n 1: the act of installing something (as equipment); "the telephone installation took only a few minutes" [syn: installation, installing, installment, instalment] 2: a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry; "the assembly plant is an enormous facility" [syn: facility, installation] 3: a formal entry into an organization or position or office; "his initiation into the club"; "he was ordered to report for induction into the army"; "he gave a speech as part of his installation into the hall of fame" [syn: initiation, induction, installation]
• instillation 0
  n 1: the introduction of a liquid (by pouring or injection) drop by drop [syn: instillation, instillment, instilment] 2: a liquid that is instilled drop by drop
• insulation 0
  n 1: the state of being isolated or detached; "the insulation of England was preserved by the English Channel" [syn: insulation, insularity, insularism, detachment] 2: a material that reduces or prevents the transmission of heat or sound or electricity [syn: insulating material, insulant, insulation] 3: the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
• intercalation 0
  n 1: an insertion into a calendar [syn: embolism, intercalation]
• interpellation 0
  n 1: (parliament) a parliamentary procedure of demanding that a government official explain some act or policy 2: the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts [syn: interjection, interposition, interpolation, interpellation]
• interpolation 0
  n 1: a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted; "with the help of his friend's interpolations his story was eventually told"; "with many insertions in the margins" [syn: interpolation, insertion] 2: (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function between the values already known 3: the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts [syn: interjection, interposition, interpolation, interpellation]
• interrelation 0
  n 1: mutual or reciprocal relation or relatedness; "interrelationships of animal structure and function" [syn: interrelation, interrelationship, interrelatedness]
• isolation 0
  n 1: a state of separation between persons or groups 2: a feeling of being disliked and alone 3: the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others [syn: isolation, closing off] 4: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it 5: a country's withdrawal from international politics; "he opposed a policy of American isolation"
• jubilation 0
  n 1: a feeling of extreme joy [syn: exultation, jubilance, jubilancy, jubilation] 2: a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event [syn: celebration, jubilation] 3: the utterance of sounds expressing great joy [syn: exultation, rejoicing, jubilation]
• machicolation 0
  n 1: a projecting parapet supported by corbels on a medieval castle; has openings through which stones or boiling water could be dropped on an enemy
• maculation 0
  n 1: a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red" [syn: spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation] 2: the act of spotting or staining something [syn: staining, spotting, maculation]
• manipulation 0
  n 1: exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage; "his manipulation of his friends was scandalous" [syn: manipulation, use] 2: the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means [syn: handling, manipulation]
• miscalculation 0
  n 1: a mistake in calculating [syn: miscalculation, misreckoning, misestimation]
• mistranslation 0
  n 1: an incorrect translation
• modulation 0
  n 1: a musical passage moving from one key to another [syn: transition, modulation] 2: (electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phase 3: rise and fall of the voice pitch [syn: intonation, modulation, pitch contour] 4: a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified [syn: modulation, inflection] 5: the act of modifying or adjusting according to due measure and proportion (as with regard to artistic effect)
• nation 0
  n 1: a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land" [syn: state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic] 2: the people who live in a nation or country; "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him" [syn: nation, land, country] 3: United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911) [syn: Nation, Carry Nation, Carry Amelia Moore Nation] 4: a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes); "the Shawnee nation"
• oscillation 0
  n 1: the process of oscillating between states 2: (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean [syn: oscillation, vibration] 3: a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon; "a year constitutes a cycle of the seasons" [syn: cycle, oscillation]
• osculation 0
  n 1: (mathematics) a contact of two curves (or two surfaces) at which they have a common tangent 2: the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof) [syn: kiss, buss, osculation]
• ovulation 0
  n 1: the expulsion of an ovum from the ovary (usually midway in the menstrual cycle) [ant: anovulation]
• peculation 0
  n 1: the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else [syn: embezzlement, peculation, defalcation, misapplication, misappropriation]
• perambulation 0
  n 1: a walk around a territory (a parish or manor or forest etc.) in order to officially assert and record its boundaries 2: a leisurely walk (usually in some public place) [syn: amble, promenade, saunter, stroll, perambulation]
• percolation 0
  n 1: the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium; "the percolation of rainwater through the soil"; "the infiltration of seawater through the lava" [syn: percolation, infiltration] 2: the act of making coffee in a percolator 3: the filtration of a liquid for extraction or purification
• population 0
  n 1: the people who inhabit a territory or state; "the population seemed to be well fed and clothed" 2: a group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area; "they hired hunters to keep down the deer population" 3: (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn; "it is an estimate of the mean of the population" [syn: population, universe] 4: the number of inhabitants (either the total number or the number of a particular race or class) in a given place (country or city etc.); "people come and go, but the population of this town has remained approximately constant for the past decade"; "the African-American population of Salt Lake City has been increasing" 5: the act of populating (causing to live in a place); "he deplored the population of colonies with convicted criminals"
• postulation 0
  n 1: (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument [syn: postulation, predication] 2: a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority [syn: request, petition, postulation]
• ration 0
  n 1: the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel); "the rations should be nutritionally balanced" 2: a fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity) v 1: restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war; "Bread was rationed during the siege of the city" 2: distribute in rations, as in the army; "Cigarettes are rationed" [syn: ration, ration out]
• recalculation 0
  n 1: the act of calculating again (usually to eliminate errors or to include additional data); "recalculation yielded a much larger value"
• regulation 0
  adj 1: prescribed by or according to regulation; "regulation army equipment" n 1: an authoritative rule [syn: regulation, ordinance] 2: a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior; "it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"; "short haircuts were the regulation" [syn: rule, regulation] 3: the state of being controlled or governed 4: (embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered 5: the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular [syn: regulation, regularization, regularisation] 6: the act of controlling or directing according to rule; "fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians" [syn: regulation, regulating]
• relation 0
  n 1: an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together 2: the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur [syn: sexual intercourse, intercourse, sex act, copulation, coitus, coition, sexual congress, congress, sexual relation, relation, carnal knowledge] 3: a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey" [syn: relative, relation] 4: an act of narration; "he was the hero according to his own relation"; "his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable" [syn: relation, telling, recounting] 5: (law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time; "his attorney argued for the relation back of the amended complaint to the time the initial complaint was filed" [syn: relation back, relation] 6: (usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups; "international relations"
• reticulation 0
  n 1: (photography) the formation of a network of cracks or wrinkles in a photographic emulsion 2: an arrangement resembling a net or network; "the reticulation of a leaf"; "the reticulation of a photographic emulsion"
• revelation 0
  n 1: the speech act of making something evident [syn: disclosure, revelation, revealing] 2: an enlightening or astonishing disclosure 3: communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency [syn: revelation, divine revelation] 4: the last book of the New Testament; contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to Saint John the Apostle [syn: Revelation, Revelation of Saint John the Divine, Apocalypse, Book of Revelation]
• scintillation 0
  n 1: (physics) a flash of light that is produced in a phosphor when it absorbs a photon or ionizing particle 2: a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash [syn: twinkle, scintillation, sparkling] 3: a brilliant display of wit 4: the quality of shining with a bright reflected light [syn: glitter, glister, glisten, scintillation, sparkle] 5: the twinkling of the stars caused when changes in the density of the earth's atmosphere produce uneven refraction of starlight

See also circulation definition and circulation synonyms