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Encyclopedia > Magazine (disambiguation)

A magazine is a periodical publication containing articles linked by a common writer, topic or interest. A collection of magazines A magazine is a periodical publication containing a variety of articles, generally financed by advertising and/or purchase by readers. ...


Magazine may also mean: In German it means a repository or a storage room.

  • Magazine (artillery), a item or place within which ammunition is stored.
  • Magazine (firearm), a chamber for the ammunition for a single firearm.
  • Magazine (band), a musical group fronted by ex-Buzzcocks member Howard Devoto in the late 1970s.
  • Camera magazine, a light-tight chamber with two reels to feed and takeup film being shot with a movie camera.
  • Photocopier magazine, the tray in a photocopier where blank paper is taken from.
  • Magazine, Arkansas, a town in the United States.
  • Mount Magazine, the tallest mountain in the state of Arkansas.

See also: Mag Magazine is the name for a item or place within which ammunition is stored. ... An M16 Magazine Various Mags A magazine (also called a mag) is an ammunition storage device within or attached to a firearm. ... Magazine was an English rock group active from 1977 to 1981. ... A camera magazine is a light-tight chamber or pair of chambers designed to hold and move motion picture film stock before and after it has been exposed in the camera. ... Magazine is a city located in Logan County, Arkansas. ... Mount Magazine is the tallest mountain in the state of Arkansas and is the site of Arkansass newest state park. ... Magazine can refer to: a periodical publication containing articles linked by a common writer, topic or interest. ...


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Magazines (499 words)
Magazines are typically published weekly, biweekly, monthly, bimonthly or quarterly, with a date on the cover that is in advance of the date it is actually published.
Although similar to a magazine in some respects, an academic periodical featuring scholarly articles written in a more specialist register is usually called a "journal".
The oldest magazine still in print is The Scots Magazine, which was first published in 1739, though multiple changes in ownership and gaps in publication totaling over 90 years weaken that claim.
directopedia : Directory : Arts : Magazines and E-zines (770 words)
Magazines are typically published weekly, biweekly, monthly, bimonthly or quarterly, with a date on the cover that is in advance of the date it is actually published.
In practice, magazines are a subset of periodicals, distinct from those periodicals produced by scientific, artistic, academic or special interest publishers which are subscription-only, more expensive, narrowly limited in circulation, and often have little or no advertising.
A subset of the consumer magazine is the customer magazine, a publication similar in format and style to a consumer magazine but issued by an organisation such as a club, a retailer or an airline to communicate with its customers.
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