Citation - Definition

n 1: an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given
as formal public statement [syn: citation,
commendation]
2: (law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written
passages or legal precedents etc.)
3: a short note recognizing a source of information or of a
quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several
important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually
printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes
mention of similar clinical cases" [syn: citation, cite,
acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention,
quotation]
4: a passage or expression that is quoted or cited [syn:
quotation, quote, citation]
5: a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a
proceeding
6: thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1948