magazine

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French magasin (“warehouse, store”), from Italian magazzino (“storehouse”), ultimately from Arabic مَخَازِن pl (maḵāzin), plural of مَخْزَن (maḵzan, “storeroom, storehouse”), noun of place from خَزَنَ (ḵazana, “to store, to stock, to lay up”).

noun

1. A non-academic periodical publication, generally consisting of sheets of paper folded in half and stapled at the fold.
2. (military) An ammunition storehouse.
   1. (nautical) The portion of a warship where munitions are stored.
      The cruiser blew up when a shell hit its magazine.
      Juneau was making good time with the other surviving U.S. Navy ships, despite her damage, when the I-26 spotted her and sent a salvo of Type 95 torpedoes in her direction. Passing between the Helena and San Francisco, some indication being they had actually been shot at the San Francisco and gone long because San Francisco was travelling significantly slower than expected, they nonetheless hit Juneau and detonated the ship's magazine. 10 March 2021, Drachinifel, 28:10 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - The Big Night Battle: Night 1 (IJN 3(?) : 2 USN), archived from the original on 2022-11-07
3. A chamber in or attachable to a firearm enabling multiple rounds of ammunition to be fed into the firearm.
4. A reservoir or supply chamber for a stove, battery, camera, typesetting machine, or other apparatus.
5. (archaic) A country or district especially rich in natural products.
6. (archaic) A city viewed as a marketing center.
7. (archaic) A store, or shop, where goods are kept for sale.
8. (television, UK, Ireland) A collection of Teletext pages.
   Most teletext "magazines" contain about 100 pages of information, typically including news headlines, weather reports, sports scores, video games, and stock prices. 1983, Channels of Communications, volume 3, page 41
   The operator is able to build Teletext magazines of, typically, 100 pages per magazine, specify transmission times […] 1984, Telecommunications, volume 18, page 89