JOURNAL

Definitions

1. 1. A diary; an account of daily transactions and events. Specifically:
2. 2. 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.
3. 3. That which has occurred in a day; a day's work or travel; a day's journey. [Obs. & R.] B. Jonson.
4. 4. 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.