'Journal' definitions:

Definition of 'journal'

(from WordNet)
noun
A daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations [syn: diary, journal]
noun
A periodical dedicated to a particular subject; "he reads the medical journals"
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A ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred [syn: daybook, journal]
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A record book as a physical object
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The part of the axle contained by a bearing

Definition of 'Journal'

From: GCIDE
  • Journal \Jour"nal\, a. [F., fr. L. diurnalis diurnal, fr. diurnus belonging to the day, fr. dies day. See Diurnal.] Daily; diurnal. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Whiles from their journal labors they did rest. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Journal'

From: GCIDE
  • Journal \Jour"nal\, n. [F. journal. See Journal, a.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. That which has occurred in a day; a day's work or travel; a day's journey. [Obs. & R.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (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. [1913 Webster]
  • Journal box, or Journal bearing (Mach.) the carrier of a journal; the box in which the journal of a shaft, axle, or pin turns. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'journal'

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