'Citation' definitions:

Definition of 'citation'

(from WordNet)
noun
An official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement [syn: citation, commendation]
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(law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.)
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A short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases" [syn: citation, cite, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation]
noun
A passage or expression that is quoted or cited [syn: quotation, quote, citation]
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A summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding
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Thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1948

Definition of 'Citation'

From: GCIDE
  • Citation \Ci*ta"tion\, n. [F. citation, LL. citatio, fr.L. citare to cite. See Cite]
  • 1. An official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The act of citing a passage from a book, or from another person, in his own words; also, the passage or words quoted; quotation. [1913 Webster]
  • This horse load of citations and fathers. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Enumeration; mention; as, a citation of facts. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Law) A reference to decided cases, or books of authority, to prove a point in law. [1913 Webster]

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