Word definition: magazine

Etimology


Borrowed from Middle French magasin (“warehouse, store”), from Italian magazzino (“storehouse”), ultimately from Arabic مَخَازِن pl (maḵāzin), plural of مَخْزَن (maḵzan, “storeroom, storehouse”), noun of place from خَزَنَ (ḵazana, “to store, to stock, to lay up”).

noun


magazine (plural magazines)

A non-academic periodical publication, generally consisting of sheets of paper folded in half and stapled at the fold.

(military) An ammunition storehouse.

A chamber in or attachable to a firearm enabling multiple rounds of ammunition to be fed into the firearm.

A reservoir or supply chamber for a stove, battery, camera, typesetting machine, or other apparatus.

(archaic) A country or district especially rich in natural products.

(archaic) A city viewed as a marketing center.

(Louisiana) A store, or shop, where goods are kept for sale.

(television, UK, Ireland) A collection of Teletext pages.

Examples


After several months' delay, The Emerald City, New York's hour-long gay television show, is on the air. In magazine format, the show offers interviews, gay news and commentary, visits to New York's entertainment spots and gay shows, and a bit of camping from George Sardi.

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The cruiser blew up when a shell hit its magazine.

Juneau was making good time with the other surviving U.S. Navy ships, despite her damage, when the I-26 spotted her and sent a salvo of Type 95 torpedoes in her direction. Passing between the Helena and San Francisco, some indication being they had actually been shot at the San Francisco and gone long because San Francisco was travelling significantly slower than expected, they nonetheless hit Juneau and detonated the ship's magazine.

Synonym: powder magazine

Most teletext "magazines" contain about 100 pages of information, typically including news headlines, weather reports, sports scores, video games, and stock prices.

The operator is able to build Teletext magazines of, typically, 100 pages per magazine, specify transmission times […]

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