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journal definition

jour·nal (jʉrnəl)

noun

  1. a daily record of happenings, as a diary
  2. a record of the transactions of a legislature, club, etc.
  3. a daily newspaper: often used in newspaper titles
  4. any newspaper or periodical, as one dealing with scientific or professional matters
  5. Bookkeeping
    1. daybook
    2. a book of original entry, used in the double-entry system, for recording all transactions, in the order in which they occur, with an indication of the special accounts to which they belong
  6. Etymology: orig. Scot

    Mech. the part of a rotary axle or shaft that turns in a bearing

Etymology: ME, book containing forms of worship for the day hours (Little Hours) < OFr, lit., daily < L diurnalis < dies, day (see deity): journalsense prob. via It giornale, of same orig.

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