# magazine

Pronunciation: US say "MAG-uh-zeen" /ˈmæɡəˌzin/; UK say "mag-uh-ZEEN" /ˌmæɡəˈziːn/

## Noun

1. A nonacademic publication issued at regular intervals, containing articles by multiple writers on a broad topic or theme.
   - Simple: A publication for general readers, printed or online, that comes out regularly, with articles by different writers on a topic.
   - _He subscribes to a science magazine that arrives every month._
   - _Several travel magazines featured the same hidden beach this summer._
2. A chamber, built into or attached to a firearm, that holds multiple rounds and feeds them into the firing mechanism.
   - Simple: A part of a gun that holds bullets and feeds them in one after another.
   - _The soldier reloaded by swapping in a full magazine._
   - _Detachable magazines let shooters reload far more quickly than fixed designs._
3. A building, room, or compartment, as on a warship, in which ammunition and explosives are stored.
   - Simple: A building or room, for example on a warship, where bullets, shells, or explosives are kept.
   - _The fort's magazine held enough powder to withstand a long siege._
   - _An accidental fire reached the magazine and destroyed half the garrison._
4. A radio or television program whose episodes each combine a variety of features or segments, modeled on the format of a print magazine.
   - Simple: A radio or TV show with many different parts or segments in each episode, like a printed magazine.
   - _The channel's flagship current-affairs magazine runs for ninety minutes each Sunday._
   - _Producers packed the evening magazine with interviews, cooking demos, and short documentaries._
5. A storage chamber or reservoir in a device such as a stove, camera, or typesetting machine that holds a supply to be fed into it.
   - Simple: A part of a machine that holds a supply of something and feeds it in, like film or fuel.
   - _The projector's magazine fed slides automatically into the viewing gate._
   - _The stove's coal magazine held enough fuel to keep the fire burning through the night._

## Noun

6. A region or country so rich in natural products that it serves as a storehouse of them. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: A country or area that is very rich in natural goods or resources.
7. A city viewed as a center of trade and marketing. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: A city seen as a major center for buying and selling goods.

## Other meanings

- (noun) A place of business that keeps a stock of goods on hand to sell.
- (noun) A set of related Teletext pages bundled together within a broadcast service.

## Origin

At the root is Arabic ḵazana ("to store, to stock, to lay up"), from which came the noun of place maḵzan ("storeroom, storehouse"), plural maḵāzin. Italian made this magazzino ("storehouse"), Middle French magasin ("warehouse, store"), and Middle English magasyne, recorded in 1451 and in wider use from the 1580s.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/magazine (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).