Etymology : Middle English, service book containing the day hours, from Middle French, from journal, adjective, daily, from Latin diurnalis, from diurnus of the day, from dies day; more at DEITY
Pronunciation : j&r-n
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Function : noun
Date : 15th century
1. newspaper; magazine; diary, record of daily occurrences; daybook, bookkeeping ledger (Accounting); daily record of official transactions (of an organization or legislative body); part of a machine axle or shaft held up by a bearing. write in a journal, write in a diary. journal\jour"nal\ , a. [f., fr. l. diurnalis diurnal, fr. diurnus belonging to the day, fr. dies day. see:
diurnal.] daily; diurnal. [obs.] whiles from their journal labors they did rest.journal \jour"nal\, n. [f. journal. see:
journal, a.].
2. a diary; an account of daily transactions and events. specifically: (a) (bookkeeping) a book of accounts, in which is entered a condensed and grouped statement of the daily transactions. (b) (naut.) a daily register of the ship's course and distance, the winds, weather, incidents of the voyage, etc. (c) (legislature) the record of daily proceedings, kept by the clerk. (d) 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.; a periodical; a magazine.
3. that which has occurred in a day; a day's work or travel; a day's journey. [obs. & r.] jonson.
4. (mach.) that portion of a rotating piece, as a shaft, axle, spindle, etc., which turns in a bearing or box. see:
illust. of axle box.journal box, orjournal bearing (mach.) the carrier of a journal; the box in which the journal of a shaft, axle, or pin turns.
5. Daily; diurnal.
6. A diary; an account of daily transactions and events.
7. A book of accounts, in which is entered a condensed and grouped statement of the daily transactions.
8. A daily register of the ship's course and distance, the winds, weather, incidents of the voyage, etc.
9. The record of daily proceedings, kept by the clerk.
10. 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.; a periodical; a magazine.
11. That which has occurred in a day; a day's work or travel; a day's journey.
12. That portion of a rotating piece, as a shaft, axle, spindle, etc., which turns in a bearing or box.
13. See Illust. of Axle box. the part of the axle contained by a bearing a record book as a physical object a periodical dedicated to a particular subject; "he reads the medical journals".
14. 1. A journal is a magazine, especially one that deals with a specialized subject. All our results are published in scientific journals.
15. A journal is a daily or weekly newspaper. The word journal is often used in the name of the paper. He was a newspaperman for The New York Times and some other journals.
16. A journal is an account which you write of your daily activities. Sara confided to her journal = diary.