citation

One entry found for citation.

Main Entry: ci·ta·tion
Pronunciation: sI-'tA-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : an official summons to appear (as before a court)
2 a : an act of quoting; especially : the citing of a previously settled case at law b : EXCERPT, QUOTATION
3 : MENTION: as a : a formal statement of the achievements of a person receiving an academic honor b : specific reference in a military dispatch to meritorious performance of duty
synonym see ENCOMIUM
- ci·ta·tion·al /-shn&l, -sh&-n^&l/ adjective