Journal

//ˈd͡ʒɝnəl// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Daily. not-comparable, obsolete

    "[…]his faint ſteedes watred in Ocean deepe, / Whiles from their iournall labours they did reſt[…]."

Noun
  1. 1
    A diary or daily record of a person, organization, vessel etc.; daybook.
  2. 2
    The amount of land that can be worked in a day.

    "Yet the whole extent of cultured country, or all the fields actually cultivated for the ſupport of the inhabitants, will hardly exceed two millions of journaux (or day’s work); above three millions lie entirely waſte; and 850,000 journaux are covered with ſand."

  3. 3
    The part of a shaft or axle that rests on bearings.
  4. 4
    the part of the axle contained by a bearing wordnet
  5. 5
    A newspaper or magazine dealing with a particular subject.

    "The university's biology department subscribes to half a dozen academic journals."

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  1. 6
    a record book as a physical object wordnet
  2. 7
    A chronological record of payments or receipts.
  3. 8
    a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations wordnet
  4. 9
    A general journal.
  5. 10
    a periodical dedicated to a particular subject wordnet
  6. 11
    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.
  7. 12
    a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred wordnet
  8. 13
    the part of a rotating shaft that rests on the bearing
Verb
  1. 1
    To archive or record something. transitive
  2. 2
    To insert (a shaft, an axle, etc) into a journal bearing.

    "In a harvester binder having a hollow shaft journalled at right angles to the main axle and driving motion from the main driving wheel, a spindle journalled within the hollow shaft and having the needle attached to one of its ends[…]"

  3. 3
    To scrapbook. intransitive, transitive
  4. 4
    To insert (a shaft, etc.) in a journal bearing. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English journal, from Anglo-Norman jurnal (“daily”), from Old French jornel (“day”) (whence modern French journal), from Latin diurnālis, from diurnus (“of the day”). Doublet of diurnal and the journal from French.

Etymology 2

From Middle English journal, from Anglo-Norman jurnal (“daily”), from Old French jornel (“day”) (whence modern French journal), from Latin diurnālis, from diurnus (“of the day”). Doublet of diurnal and the journal from French.

Etymology 3

From Middle English journal, from Anglo-Norman jurnal (“daily”), from Old French jornel (“day”) (whence modern French journal), from Latin diurnālis, from diurnus (“of the day”). Doublet of diurnal and the journal from French.

Etymology 4

From French journal. Doublet of diurnal and the journal from Middle English.

Etymology 5

Unknown, apparently of Scots origin. Perhaps from chirnel, from English kernel (“lump in the flesh”), owing to resemblance in shape.

Etymology 6

Unknown, apparently of Scots origin. Perhaps from chirnel, from English kernel (“lump in the flesh”), owing to resemblance in shape.

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