"journal" Definition

Definitions for the word "journal" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. a.
Daily; diurnal.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. a.
A diary; an account of daily transactions and events.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. a.
A book of accounts, in which is entered a condensed and grouped statement of the daily transactions.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. a.
A daily register of the ship's course and distance, the winds, weather, incidents of the voyage, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. a.
The record of daily proceedings, kept by the clerk.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. a.
A newspaper published daily; by extension, a weekly newspaper or any periodical publication, giving an account of passing events, the proceedings and memoirs of societies, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. a.
That which has occurred in a day; a day's work or travel; a day's journey.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. a.
That portion of a rotating piece, as a shaft, axle, spindle, etc., which turns in a bearing or box. See Illust. of Axle box.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
1 newspaper or periodical. 2 daily record of events; diary. 3 book in which transactions and accounts are entered. 4 part of a shaft or axle that rests on bearings. [latin diurnalis *diurnal]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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