What does journal mean?
Definitions for journal
ˈdʒɜr nljour·nal
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word journal.
Princeton's WordNet
diary, journalnoun
a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations
journalnoun
a periodical dedicated to a particular subject
"he reads the medical journals"
daybook, journalnoun
a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred
journalnoun
a record book as a physical object
journalnoun
the part of the axle contained by a bearing
Wiktionary
journalnoun
A diary or daily record of a person, organization, vessel etc.; daybook.
journalnoun
A newspaper or magazine dealing with a particular subject.
journalnoun
The part of a shaft or axle that rests on bearings.
journalnoun
A chronological record of changes made to a database or other system; along with a backup or image copy that allows recovery after a failure or reinstatement to a previous time; a log.
journalverb
To archive or record something.
journalverb
To scrapbook.
journaladjective
Daily.
Etymology: From journal, from diurnalis, from diurnus, from dies. Cognate with diurnal.
ChatGPT
journal
A journal is a record kept on a regular basis that documents activities, thoughts, ideas or observations. It may refer to a personal diary, or in a professional context, it can refer to a scholarly publication where scientific research or academic studies are published. In accounting, a journal is also a record of financial transactions in chronological order.
Webster Dictionary
Journaladjective
daily; diurnal
Journaladjective
a diary; an account of daily transactions and events
Journaladjective
a book of accounts, in which is entered a condensed and grouped statement of the daily transactions
Journaladjective
a daily register of the ship's course and distance, the winds, weather, incidents of the voyage, etc
Journaladjective
the record of daily proceedings, kept by the clerk
Journaladjective
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
Journaladjective
that which has occurred in a day; a day's work or travel; a day's journey
Journaladjective
that portion of a rotating piece, as a shaft, axle, spindle, etc., which turns in a bearing or box. See Illust. of Axle box
Etymology: [F., fr. L. diurnalis diurnal, fr. diurnus belonging to the day, fr. dies day. See Diurnal.]
Wikidata
Journal
A journal has several related meanings: ⁕a daily record of events or business; a private journal is usually referred to as a diary ⁕a newspaper or other periodical, in the literal sense of one published each day ⁕many publications issued at stated intervals, such as magazines, or scholarly journals, academic journals, or the record of the transactions of a society, are often called journals. Although journal is sometimes used as a synonym for "magazine", in academic use, a journal refers to a serious, scholarly publication that is peer-reviewed. A non-scholarly magazine written for an educated audience about an industry or an area of professional activity is usually called a professional magazine. The word "journalist", for one whose business is writing for the public press and nowadays also other media, has been in use since the end of the 17th century.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Journal
jur′nal, n. a daily register or diary: a book containing an account of each day's transactions: a newspaper published daily or otherwise: a magazine: the transactions of any society.—n. Journalese′, the language of journalism.—v.i. Jour′nalīse, to write articles for a journal.—v.t. to enter in a journal:—pr.p. jour′nalīsing; pa.p. jour′nalīsed.—ns. Jour′nalism, the keeping of a journal: the profession of conducting or writing for public journals; Jour′nalist, one who writes for or conducts a newspaper.—adj. Journalist′ic, pertaining to journalism. [Fr.,—L. diurnalis.]
Journal
jur′nal, n. (mech.) that part of a shaft or axle which rests in the bearings.—v.t. to insert, as a shaft, in a journal-bearing.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
journal
Synonymous at sea with log-book; it is a daily register of the ship's course and distance, the winds and weather, and a general account of whatever is of importance. In sea-journals, the day, or twenty-four hours, used to terminate at noon, because the ship's position is then generally determined by observation; but the shore account of time is now adopted afloat. In machinery, journal is the bearing part of a shaft, upon which it rests on its Y's or bearings.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
journal
(Fr.). A public record or general orderly book, kept in the French service, and in which every transaction that occurred during a siege is entered by the governor of the town, for the inspection of a superior authority. The general officer who carried on the siege of a place likewise kept a document of the same kind, and minuted down everything that happened under his command. So that the journal which was kept in this manner was a circumstantial detail of what occurred, day after day, during the attack and defense of a town.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'journal' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3884
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'journal' in Nouns Frequency: #1280
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of journal in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of journal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of journal in a Sentence
Epidemiologists who are widely respected from China who have published a study in the international journal The Lancet have demonstrated that several of the original cases did not have any contact with that food market, the virus went into that food market before it came out of that food market.
When you get old, [ there are ] some of the things you can't do, i'm too old to go on runs and keep fit in that sort of way. But I certainly keep my brain going all the time. And I read a lot of scientific journals and things which come to me monthly, and some -- even the British Medical Journal -- once a week.
Before bed, keep a to-do journal, write down all the things to worry about. Then write down what you can do tomorrow. Mark the other things that [ you ] can do later on [ in ] the week. This will help clear [ your ] mind of worry.
Our findings have been written up, accepted for publication and will be published shortly in the Canadian Journal of Ob-Gyn.
From the point of view of our experiment, we think it has fulfilled all criteria of discovery. We have no other way of explaining what we have seen. But the scientific method is such that we have submitted a paper to a journal, the journal will consider it, then the community will judge.
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- مجلةArabic
- gaseta, diariCatalan, Valencian
- deníkCzech
- newyddiadur, dyddlyfrWelsh
- tidsskriftDanish
- Zeitschrift, Journal, Tagebuch, LogbuchGerman
- εφημερίδα, αρχείο, έδρανο άξονα, περιοδικό, ημερολόγιοGreek
- ĵurnalo, gazeto, taglibroEsperanto
- gorrón, bitácoraSpanish
- ژورنالPersian
- päiväkirja, diaari, päivyri, akselintappi, lokikirja, loki, erikoisaikakauslehtiFinnish
- revueFrench
- dialannIrish
- leabhar-lathaScottish Gaelic
- laa-lioarManx
- पत्रिकाHindi
- հանդես, ամսագիր, մատյանArmenian
- jurnalIndonesian
- perno d'alberoItalian
- ジャーナル, 日誌, 日記Japanese
- 일지Korean
- ephemerisLatin
- dagbok, tidsskriftNorwegian
- periódico, diário, registro, munhãoPortuguese
- ziarRomanian
- шпиндель, газета, судовой журнал, дневник, журнал, цапфаRussian
- denníkSlovak
- tidskrift, dagbokSwedish
- jaridaSwahili
- பத்திரிகைTamil
- dergiTurkish
- טאָג־בוךYiddish
- 日誌Chinese
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