magazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæɡ.əˈziːn/
ipa: /ˈmæɡ.ə.ziːn/
rhymes: -iːn
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈmaɡ.ə.zɪn/
Forms: form: magazines
Etymology: From Middle English magasyne, 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”). First attested in the 1580s.
Senses: glosses: A nonacademic, periodical publication which consists of articles by multiple writers on some broad topic or theme.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 1977 April 16, “Emeralds for TV”, in Gay Community News, page 2:
topics: broadcasting
media
glosses: A nonacademic, periodical publication which consists of articles by multiple writers on some broad topic or theme.
A radio or television show where each episode comprises a variety of features or segments, akin to the format of a print magazine.
examples: text: He all thir Ammunition / And feats of War defeats / With plain Heroic magnitude of mind / And celeſtial vigour arm’d, / Thir Armories and Magazins contemns, / Renders them uſeleſs, while / With winged expedition / Swift as the lightning glance he executes / His errand on the wicked, who ſurpris’d / Loſe thir defence diſtracted and amaz’d.
ref: 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, pages 76–77, lines 293–8:
topics: government
military
politics
war
synonyms: powder magazine
glosses: An ammunition storehouse.
examples: text: The cruiser blew up when a shell hit its magazine.
text: 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.
ref: 2021 March 10, Drachinifel, 28:10 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - The Big Night Battle: Night 1 (IJN 3(?) : 2 USN), archived from the original on 07 Nov 2022:
topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
synonyms: powder magazine
glosses: An ammunition storehouse.
The portion of a warship where munitions are stored.
glosses: A chamber in or attachable to a firearm enabling multiple rounds of ammunition to be fed into the firearm.
glosses: A reservoir or supply chamber for a stove, battery, camera, typesetting machine, or other apparatus.
glosses: A country or district especially rich in natural products.
glosses: A city viewed as a marketing center.
glosses: A store, or shop, where goods are kept for sale.
examples: text: Most teletext "magazines" contain about 100 pages of information, typically including news headlines, weather reports, sports scores, video games, and stock prices.
ref: 1983, Channels of Communications, volume 3, page 41:
text: The operator is able to build Teletext magazines of, typically, 100 pages per magazine, specify transmission times […]
ref: 1984, Telecommunications, volume 18, page 89:
topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: A collection of Teletext pages.
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