noun an act done in public.
2. publication ·noun the act of offering a book, pamphlet, engraving, ·etc., to the public by sale or by gratuitous distribution.
3. publication ·noun 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.
4. publication ·noun 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.