1. [n]  the part of the axle contained by a bearing
2. [n]  a record book as a physical object
3. [n]  a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations
4. [n]  a periodical dedicated to a particular subject; "he reads the medical journals"
5. [n]  a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred

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1. \Jour"nal\, a. [F., fr. L. diurnalis diurnal, fr.
   diurnus belonging to the day, fr. dies day. See {Diurnal}.]
   Daily; diurnal. [Obs.]
         Whiles from their journal labors they did rest.
                                                  --Spenser.
   

2. \Jour"nal\, n. [F. journal. See {Journal}, a.]
   1. A diary; an account of daily transactions and events.
      Specifically:
      (a) (Bookkeeping) A book of accounts, in which is entered
          a condensed and grouped statement of the daily
          transactions.
      (b) (Naut.) A daily register of the ship's course and
          distance, the winds, weather, incidents of the voyage,
          etc.
      (c) (Legislature) The record of daily proceedings, kept by
          the clerk.
      (d) 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.; a periodical; a magazine.
   2. That which has occurred in a day; a day's work or travel;
      a day's journey. [Obs. & R.] --B. Jonson.
   3. (Mach.) That portion of a rotating piece, as a shaft,
      axle, spindle, etc., which turns in a bearing or box. See
      Illust. of {Axle box}.
   {Journal box}, or {Journal bearing} (Mach.) the carrier of a
      journal; the box in which the journal of a shaft, axle, or
      pin turns.