rhizoverbBeta
DictionarypublicationIssued work
noun

publication

pub-lih-KAY-shun/ˌpʌblɪˈkeɪʃn/

The issuing of written information for public access.

The publication of these books makes them available to everyone.

A printer hands freshly bound unlettered books to a waiting public queue at a distribution counter, making written material publicly available, no readable marks.
Etymology
publicaLatinmake public
+tionLatinact or process

The underlying idea is “making public”: publication first meant notifying people at large, then came to mean issuing written or printed work for public sale or distribution.

In context

National Human Genome Research Institute82:46
there was a lot of G5 debate over whether Celera was going to make their data available as scientific publication should require.
20 Years After the Human Genome Project: G5 Leaders Reunite

More examples

  • The editor checks every fact before publication.
  • The journal accepts her research paper for publication.
  • The library subscribes to several medical publications.

Forms

publication · publications

publish verb — To issue written material for public access.

publisher noun — A person or company that publishes books.

Similar words

release
Emphasizes making something available, not necessarily in written form.
distribution
Emphasizes delivering copies rather than formally issuing a work.