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pub⋅li⋅ca⋅tion

  [puhb-li-key-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act of publishing a book, periodical, map, piece of music, engraving, or the like.
2. the act of bringing before the public; announcement.
3. the state or fact of being published.
4. something that is published, esp. a periodical.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME publicacioun < L pūblicātiōn- (s. of pūblicātiō) a making public, confiscation, equiv. to pūblicāt(us) (ptp. of pūblicāre to make public ) + -iōn- -ion
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pub·li·ca·tion   (pŭb'lĭ-kā'shən)   
n.  

  1. The act or process of publishing printed matter.

  2. An issue of printed material offered for sale or distribution.

  3. Communication of information to the public.


[Middle English publicacioun, act of making public, from Old French publicacion, from Latin pūblicātiō, pūblicātiōn-, from pūblicātus, past participle of pūblicāre, to make public, from pūblicus, public; see public.]
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Word Origin & History

publication 
1387, "the act of making publicly known," from O.Fr. publicacion (14c.), from L. publicationem (nom. publicatio) "a making public," n. of action from publicatus, pp. of publicare "make public," from publicus (see public). Meaning "the issuing of a book" is first recorded 1576; "thing so issued" 1656.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: pub·li·ca·tion
Function: noun
1 : the act or process of publishing
2 : a published work
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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