Jour"nal , n. [F. journal. See Journal, a.]
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.
Journal
box, or Journal bearing
(Mach.) the carrier of a
journal; the box in which
the journal of a shaft, axle, or pin
turns.
Jour"nal (?), a. [F., fr. L. diurnalis diurnal, fr. diurnus belonging to the day, fr. dies day. See Diurnal.]
Daily;
diurnal. [Obs.]
Whiles from their journal labors they did rest.
Spenser.
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