Journal
(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. Journal
(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.
Journalism
(Jour"nal*ism) n. [Cf. F. journalisme.]
1. The keeping of a journal or diary. [Obs.]
2. The periodical collection and publication of current news; the business of managing, editing, or writing
for, journals or newspapers; as, political journalism.
Journalism is now truly an estate of the realm.
Ed. Rev.
