Definition of: publication

(pub′lə·kā′shən) noun
1. The act of publishing or offering to public notice; notification to people at large orally or by writing or print; promulgation; proclamation.
2. In the law of libel and slander, the communication of a defamation to a third person.
3. That which is published; any printed work placed on sale or otherwise distributed or offered for distribution. See PUBLISH. [<OF publicacion <L publicatio, -onis <publicatus, pp. of publicare PUBLISH]