Definition of Citation
Citation
ci·ta·tion
Definition/Meaning
(noun)
a reference to or quotation from a book or other published work, especially when found in scholarly literature;
e.g. Her paper contained a citation from a Wordsworth poem.
(noun)
an official order summoning one to a court of law, usually for a violation;
e.g. She got a parking citation and had to appear in court to dispute it because she felt that she had done nothing wrong.
(noun)
a reference to someone's achievements in an official report;
e.g. The citation referred to the researcher as being very intuitive and brilliant.
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