Definition of journal

• a. - Daily; diurnal.
• a. - A diary; an account of daily transactions and events.
• a. - A book of accounts, in which is entered a condensed and grouped statement of the daily transactions.
• a. - A daily register of the ship's course and distance, the winds, weather, incidents of the voyage, etc.
• a. - The record of daily proceedings, kept by the clerk.
• a. - 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. - That which has occurred in a day; a day's work or travel; a day's journey.
• a. - That portion of a rotating piece, as a shaft, axle, spindle, etc., which turns in a bearing or box. See Illust. of Axle box.