publication Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a copy of a printed work offered for distribution
  2. noun the act of issuing printed materials
    issue.
  3. noun the communication of something to the public; making information generally known
  4. noun the business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution
    publishing.

WordNet

Pub`li*ca"tion noun
Etymology
L. publicatio confiscation: cf. F. publication. See Publish.
Definitions
  1. The act of publishing or making known; notification to the people at large, either by words, writing, or printing; proclamation; divulgation; promulgation; as, the publication of the law at Mount Sinai; the publication of the gospel; the publication of statutes or edicts.
  2. The act of offering a book, pamphlet, engraving, etc., to the public by sale or by gratuitous distribution.
    The publication of these papers was not owing to our folly, but that of others. Swift.
  3. That which is published or made known; especially, any book, pamphlet, etc., offered for sale or to public notice; as, a daily or monthly publication.
  4. An act done in public. R. & Obs.
    His jealousy . . . attends the business, the recreations, the publications, and retirements of every man. Jer. Taylor.

Webster 1913