сущ. 1) (товарный) склад 2) иллюстрированный журнал - trade magazine MAGAZINE 1) журнал, периодическое издание 2) устройство для подачи или приема штучных предметов ...
n. 1 a periodical publication containing articles, stories, etc., usu. with photographs, illustrations, etc. 2 a chamber for holding a supply of cartridges to be fed automatically to the breech of a gun. 3 a similar device feeding a camera, slide projector, etc. 4 a store for arms, ammunition, and provisions for use in war. 5 a store for explosives. Etymology: F magasin f. It. magazzino f. Arab. makazin pl. of makzan storehouse f. kazana store up ...
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noun Etymology: Middle French, from Old Occitan, from Arabic makhazin, plural of makhzan storehouse Date: 1583 1. a place where goods or supplies are stored ; warehouse 2. a room in which powder and other explosives are kept in a fort or a ship 3. the contents of a ~: as a. an accumulation of munitions of war b. a stock of provisions or goods 4. a. a periodical containing miscellaneous pieces (as articles, stories, poems) and often illustrated; also such a periodical published online b. a similar section of a newspaper usually appearing on Sunday c. a radio or television program presenting usually several short segments on a variety of topics 5. a supply chamber: as a. a holder in or on a gun for cartridges to be fed into the gun chamber b. a lightproof chamber for films or plates on a camera or for film on a motion-picture projector ...
(magazines) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A magazine is a publication with a paper cover which is issued regularly, usually every week or every month, and which contains articles, stories, photographs, and advertisements. Her face is on the cover of a dozen or more magazines. N-COUNT 2. In an automatic gun, the magazine is the part that contains the bullets. N-COUNT ...
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~ n 1 a large thin book with a paper cover that contains news stories, articles, photographs etc, and is sold weekly or monthly (a glossy fashion magazine | a literary magazine) 2 the part of a gun that holds the bullets 3 the container that holds the film in a camera or projector 4 a room or building for storing weapons, explosives etc ...
- 1583, from M.Fr. magasin "warehouse, depot, store," from It. magazzino, from Ar. makhazin, pl. of makhzan "storehouse," from khazana "to store up." The original sense is almost obsolete; meaning "periodical journal" dates from the publication of the first one, "Gentleman's Magazine," in 1731, from earlier use of the word for a printed list of military stores and information. ...