journal Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations
    diary.
  2. noun a periodical dedicated to a particular subject
    • he reads the medical journals
  3. noun a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred
    daybook.
  4. noun a record book as a physical object
  5. noun the part of the axle contained by a bearing

WordNet

Jour"nal adjective
Etymology
F., fr. L. diurnalis diurnal, fr. diurnus belonging to the day, fr. dies day. See Diurnal.
Definitions
  1. Daily; diurnal. Obs.
    Whiles from their journal labors they did rest. Spenser.
Jour"nal noun
Etymology
F. journal. See Journal, a.
Definitions
  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.
  2. That which has occurred in a day; a day's work or travel; a day's journey. Obs. & R. B. Jonson.
  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.

Webster 1913