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Definition of Magazine
1. Noun. A periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it. "It takes several years before a magazine starts to break even or make money"
Terms within: Center Spread, Centre Spread, Feature, Feature Article, Magazine Article
Generic synonyms: Press, Public Press, Publication
Specialized synonyms: Colour Supplement, Comic Book, News Magazine, Pulp, Pulp Magazine, Glossy, Slick, Slick Magazine, Trade Magazine
2. Noun. Product consisting of a paperback periodic publication as a physical object. "Tripped over a pile of magazines"
3. Noun. A business firm that publishes magazines. "He works for a magazine"
Generic synonyms: Publisher, Publishing Company, Publishing Firm, Publishing House
4. Noun. A light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required.
Group relationships: Camera, Photographic Camera
Generic synonyms: Supply Chamber
5. Noun. A storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored.
Generic synonyms: Depot, Entrepot, Storage, Store, Storehouse
6. Noun. A metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun.
Group relationships: Gun
Specialized synonyms: Pincurl Clip
Generic synonyms: Supply Chamber
Definition of Magazine
1. n. A receptacle in which anything is stored, especially military stores, as ammunition, arms, provisions, etc.
2. v. t. To store in, or as in, a magazine; to store up for use.
3. n. A country or district especially rich in natural products.
Definition of Magazine
1. Noun. A periodical publication, generally consisting of sheets of paper folded in half and stapled at fold. ¹
2. Noun. An ammunition storehouse. ¹
3. Noun. Detachable ammunition holder enabling multiple rounds of ammunition to be fed to a gun. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Magazine
1. a type of periodical publication [n -S]
Medical Definition of Magazine
1. 1. A receptacle in which anything is stored, especially military stores, as ammunition, arms, provisions, etc. "Armories and magazines." 2. The building or room in which the supply of powder is kept in a fortification or a ship. 3. A chamber in a gun for holding a number of cartridges to be fed automatically to the piece. 4. A pamphlet published periodically containing miscellaneous papers or compositions. Magazine dress, clothing made chiefly of woolen, without anything metallic about it, to be worn in a powder magazine. Magazine gun, a portable firearm, as a rifle, with a chamber carrying cartridges which are brought automatically into position for firing. Magazine stove, a stove having a chamber for holding fuel which is supplied to the fire by some self-feeding process, as in the common base-burner. Origin: F. Magasin, It. Magazzino, or Sp. Magacen, almagacen; all fr. Ar. Makhzan, almakhzan, a storehouse, granary, or cellar. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)