Publication
[,pʌblɪ'keɪʃ(ə)n] or [,pʌblɪ'keʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution.
(noun.) the communication of something to the public; making information generally known.
(noun.) a copy of a printed work offered for distribution.
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Definition
(n.) The act of publishing or making known; notification to the people at large, either by words, writing, or printing; proclamation; divulgation; promulgation; as, the publication of the law at Mount Sinai; the publication of the gospel; the publication of statutes or edicts.
(n.) The act of offering a book, pamphlet, engraving, etc., to the public by sale or by gratuitous distribution.
(n.) That which is published or made known; especially, any book, pamphlet, etc., offered for sale or to public notice; as, a daily or monthly publication.
(n.) An act done in public.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Promulgation, proclamation, divulgation.[2]. Literary production (book, pamphlet, magazine, &c.).
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Promulgation, notification, proclamation, divulgation
ANT:Suppression, reservation, concealment
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Examples
- The real reason lay in the reluctance which Mr. Holmes has shown to the continued publication of his experiences. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The application was filed May 23, 1885, at the time he was working on induction telegraphy (two years before the publication of the work of Hertz), but the patent (No. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Almost immediately, however, after the publication of the tables, fresh discrepancies arose between computation and observation. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- This publication discussed at great length the subject of what invention of the last twenty-five years was of greatest value to mankind. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In other words, I instantly opened my bag, and took out the top publication. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- This publication cannot fail to produce the greatest moral effect on the present and future generations. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- But the publication was long after the alleged event, and is regarded as apocryphal. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This claim to priority was supported by the publication of a description of the machine, and certificate of its use, in the _Union_, a newspaper published at Lexington, Va. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The first English publication describing a way of applying steam appeared in 1630 in a patent granted to David Ramseye, for a mode of raising water thereby. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- These were followed in 1252 by the publication of the Alphonsine Tables, an event which astrono mers regard as marking the dawn of European science. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- He did not cease the publication of the Weekly Herald. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Indeed, it was not until more than TWELVE YEARS AFTERWARD, in 1887, upon the publication of the notable work of Prof. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The serious perusal of this publication, and an attentive observation of the decisive experiments, will carry conviction to every mind. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- But certain circumstances of serial publication led to a change of intent. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The publication of Edison's discovery created considerable attention at the time, calling forth a storm of general ridicule and incredulity. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In the periodical publications of June, 1914, may be read the eloquent announcement: Langley's Folly Flies. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The twelve precious publications which I had scattered through the house, on the previous day; all returned to me by the doctor's orders! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I took up my bag-full of precious publications, feeling as if I could have gone on talking for hours. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Joseph Holtzapffel in his learned work on _Turning and Mechanical Manipulation_, gives a list of old publications describing lathes for turning both wood and metal. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Nor have these publications been all party pamphlets, the wretched offspring of falsehood and venality. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I had my mission of mercy to fulfil, and my bag of precious publications ready on my lap. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It is not generally known that Edison, in addition to being a newsboy and a contributor to the technical press, has also been a backer and an angel for various publications. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I instantly covered them from sight with two of my own precious publications. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The other--a single lady, like myself--placed the resources of her library (composed throughout of precious publications) entirely at my disposal. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Although such structures had been referred to in publications before, yet the modern bicycle appears to have been first practically constructed in Germany. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It is due to his discoveries and publications, combined with those of the eminent men on the continent, above referred to, that agricultural chemistry arose to the dignity of a science. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- I have often felt that Mr. Edison got himself purposely into trouble by premature publications and otherwise, so that he would have a full incentive to get himself out of the trouble. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Observations became more acute in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, experiments more frequent, and publications more full and numerous. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Over a quarter of a million pages of patent-office reports, encyclopedias, trade journals, receipt books, and other special publications have been carefully scrutinized. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Not least important of the joint labors of the Society were its publications, which established contacts and stimul ated research throughout the scientific world. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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