journal

noun

A diary or daily record of a person, organization, vessel etc.; daybook.

A newspaper or magazine dealing with a particular subject.

(accounting) A chronological record of payments or receipts.

(computing) 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.

(accounting) A general journal.

(mechanical engineering) the part of a rotating shaft that rests on the bearing

(engineering) The part of a shaft or axle that rests on bearings.

The amount of land that can be worked in a day.

verb

(transitive) To archive or record something.

(transitive) To insert (a shaft, etc.) in a journal bearing.

To insert (a shaft, an axle, etc) into a journal bearing.

(transitive, intransitive) To scrapbook.

adjective

(obsolete) Daily.

Roots

diurnusjourn- · Latin · daily

Synonyms for journal

daybookn diaryn gazetten newspapern magazinen periodicaladj chroniclen datebook newsmagazine newslettern papern logbookn annalsn dailyadv ledgern

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