adj daily; diurnal.
2. journal ·adj the record of daily proceedings, kept by the clerk.
3. journal ·adj a diary; an account of daily transactions and events.
4. journal ·adj that which has occurred in a day; a day's work or travel; a day's journey.
5. journal ·adj a book of accounts, in which is entered a condensed and grouped statement of the daily transactions.
6. journal ·adj a daily register of the ship's course and distance, the winds, weather, incidents of the voyage, ·etc.
7. journal ·adj that portion of a rotating piece, as a shaft, axle, spindle, ·etc., which turns in a bearing or box. ·see ·illust. of axle box.
8. journal ·adj 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.