Publication

n. process of producing and distributing printed material; any printed material that has been produced and distributed (such as journals, pamphlets, etc.); act of publicizing, act of advertising

To publish is to make publicly known, and in reference to text and images, it can mean distributing paper copies to the public, or putting the content on a website.The word publication means the act of publishing, and it also means any writing of which copies are published, and any website. Among publications are books, and periodicals, the latter including magazines, scholarly journals, and newspapers.Computers and the internet have changed the face of publishing, lowering the cost, and allowing more people to publish, through both desktop publishing and internet publishing.
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Noun
1. a copy of a printed work offered for distribution
(hypernym) work, piece of work
(hyponym) reissue, reprint, reprinting
(part-meronym) format
(derivation) print, publish
2. the act of issuing printed materials
(synonym) issue
(hypernym) printing
(derivation) print, publish
3. the business of publishing
(synonym) publishing
(hypernym) commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
(hyponym) desktop publishing
(derivation) print, publish
(class) headline

n. publishing, publication, issue

(n.)
The act of publishing or making known; notification to the people at large, either by words, writing, or printing; proclamation; divulgation; promulgation; as, the publication of the law at Mount Sinai; the publication of the gospel; the publication of statutes or edicts.
  

(n.)
The act of offering a book, pamphlet, engraving, etc., to the public by sale or by gratuitous distribution.
  

(n.)
That which is published or made known; especially, any book, pamphlet, etc., offered for sale or to public notice; as, a daily or monthly publication.
  

(n.)
An act done in public.