'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"
noun
A ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred [syn: daybook, journal]
noun
A record book as a physical object
noun
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'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- account book,
- accounts payable ledger,
- accounts receivable ledger,
- address book,
- adventures,
- adversaria,
- album,
- almanac,
- annal,
- annals,
- annual,
- appointment calendar,
- appointment schedule,
- autobiography,
- axle box,
- balance sheet,
- bank ledger,
- bankbook,
- bimonthly,
- biographical sketch,
- biography,
- biweekly,
- blankbook,
- blotter,
- books,
- calendar,
- card ledger,
- case history,
- cashbook,
- catalog,
- catalogue,
- check sheet,
- chronicle,
- chronicles,
- chronology,
- classified catalog,
- Clio,
- clock card,
- commonplace book,
- confessions,
- cost card,
- cost ledger,
- cost sheet,
- court calendar,
- curriculum vitae,
- daily,
- date slip,
- datebook,
- daybook,
- desk calendar,
- diary,
- diptych,
- docket,
- documentation,
- Domesday Book,
- dossier,
- engagement book,
- ephemeris,
- experiences,
- factory ledger,
- fortnightly,
- fortunes,
- gazette,
- hagiography,
- hagiology,
- historiography,
- history,
- hotbox,
- inventory,
- journal box,
- ledger,
- legend,
- life,
- life and letters,
- life story,
- list,
- log,
- logbook,
- loose-leaf notebook,
- magazine,
- martyrology,
- memo book,
- memoir,
- memoirs,
- memorabilia,
- memorandum book,
- memorial,
- memorials,
- memory book,
- minutes,
- monthly,
- Muse of history,
- necrology,
- newsletter,
- newsmagazine,
- newspaper,
- notebook,
- obituary,
- organ,
- pad,
- paper,
- passbook,
- periodical,
- petty cashbook,
- photobiography,
- pictorial,
- pocket notebook,
- pocketbook,
- police blotter,
- profile,
- purchase ledger,
- quarterly,
- record,
- record book,
- register,
- registry,
- resume,
- review,
- roll,
- sales journal,
- sales ledger,
- scrapbook,
- scratch pad,
- serial,
- slick magazine,
- spiral notebook,
- stock ledger,
- stores ledger,
- story,
- suspense ledger,
- table,
- tablet,
- tabloid,
- theory of history,
- time book,
- time chart,
- time scale,
- time schedule,
- time sheet,
- time study,
- timecard,
- timetable,
- trade magazine,
- triptych,
- weekly,
- workbook,
- writing tablet,
- yearbook