journal
NOUN:
1. a daily record, as of occurrences, experiences, or observations:
She kept a journal during her European trip.
2. a periodical or magazine, especially one published for a special group, learned society, or profession:
the October issue of The English Journal.
3. an official record, usually daily, of the proceedings and transactions of a deliberative or legislative body, an organization, etc.
4. a newspaper or periodical, especially a daily one—usually used in titles:
The Wall Street Journal.
5. a periodical dealing especially with matters of current interest:
an academic journal;
—often used in titles:
The Journal of the American Medical Association.
6. a book in which a daily record of happenings, etc, is kept.
7. a record of experiences, ideas, or reflections kept regularly for private use; diary.
8. an account of day-to-day events.
9. log.
in bookeeping, accounting:
1. a daybook.
2. (in the double-entry method) a book into which all transactions are entered from the daybook or blotter to facilitate posting into the ledger.
3. Also called: "Book of Original Entry," one of several books in which transactions are initially recorded to facilitate subsequent entry in the ledger.
4. a record of current transactions.
5. a book of original entry in double-entry bookkeeping.
in nautical sense:
a log or logbook.
of machinery:
1. the portion of a shaft or axle contained by a plain bearing.
2. the part of a shaft or axle in contact with or enclosed by a bearing.
3. a plain cylindrical bearing to support a shaft or axle. 4. the part of a rotating shaft, axle, roll, or spindle that turns in a bearing.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English < Old French journal daily (adj. and noun) < Late Latin diurnālis diurnal. British dictionary: Dictionary 2: C14: from Old French: daily, from Latin diurnālis; see diurnal. —Dictionary.com * //
First Known Use: Noun: 15th century. Verb: 1803. History and Etymology: Noun: Middle English, service book containing the day hours, from Anglo-French jurnal, from jurnal, adjective, daily, from Latin diurnalis, from diurnus of the day, from dies day — more at deity. —Merriam-Webster *
1. a daily record, as of occurrences, experiences, or observations:
She kept a journal during her European trip.
2. a periodical or magazine, especially one published for a special group, learned society, or profession:
the October issue of The English Journal.
3. an official record, usually daily, of the proceedings and transactions of a deliberative or legislative body, an organization, etc.
4. a newspaper or periodical, especially a daily one—usually used in titles:
The Wall Street Journal.
5. a periodical dealing especially with matters of current interest:
an academic journal;
—often used in titles:
The Journal of the American Medical Association.
6. a book in which a daily record of happenings, etc, is kept.
7. a record of experiences, ideas, or reflections kept regularly for private use; diary.
8. an account of day-to-day events.
9. log.
in bookeeping, accounting:
1. a daybook.
2. (in the double-entry method) a book into which all transactions are entered from the daybook or blotter to facilitate posting into the ledger.
3. Also called: "Book of Original Entry," one of several books in which transactions are initially recorded to facilitate subsequent entry in the ledger.
4. a record of current transactions.
5. a book of original entry in double-entry bookkeeping.
in nautical sense:
a log or logbook.
of machinery:
1. the portion of a shaft or axle contained by a plain bearing.
2. the part of a shaft or axle in contact with or enclosed by a bearing.
3. a plain cylindrical bearing to support a shaft or axle. 4. the part of a rotating shaft, axle, roll, or spindle that turns in a bearing.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English < Old French journal daily (adj. and noun) < Late Latin diurnālis diurnal. British dictionary: Dictionary 2: C14: from Old French: daily, from Latin diurnālis; see diurnal. —Dictionary.com * //
First Known Use: Noun: 15th century. Verb: 1803. History and Etymology: Noun: Middle English, service book containing the day hours, from Anglo-French jurnal, from jurnal, adjective, daily, from Latin diurnalis, from diurnus of the day, from dies day — more at deity. —Merriam-Webster *