n.
Pronunciation: ' dä-ky ə -m ə nt, -kyü-
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, precept, teaching, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin & Latin; Late Latin documentum official paper, from Latin, lesson, proof, from doc ē re to teach ― more at DOCILE
Date: 15th century
1 a archaic : PROOF , EVIDENCE b : an original or official paper relied on as the basis, proof, or support of something c : something (as a photograph or a recording) that serves as evidence or proof
2 a : a writing conveying information b : a material substance (as a coin or stone) having on it a representation of thoughts by means of some conventional mark or symbol c : DOCUMENTARY
3 : a computer file containing information input by a computer user and usually created with an application (as a word processor)
– doc · u · men · tal \ ˌ dä-ky ə - ' men-t ə l, -kyü- \ adjective