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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published;

2. all of the identical copies of something offered to the public at the same time;
- Example: "the first edition appeared in 1920"
- Example: "it was too late for the morning edition"
- Example: "they issued a limited edition of Bach recordings"

3. an issue of a newspaper;
- Example: "he read it in yesterday's edition of the Times"

4. something a little different from others of the same type;
- Example: "an experimental version of the night fighter"
- Example: "a variant of the same word"
- Example: "an emery wheel is the modern variation of a grindstone"
- Example: "the boy is a younger edition of his father"
[syn: version, variant, variation, edition]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Edition \E*di"tion\, n. [L. editio, fr. edere to publish; cf. F.
   ['e]dition. See Edit.]
   1. A literary work edited and published, as by a certain
      editor or in a certain manner; as, a good edition of
      Chaucer; Chalmers' edition of Shakespeare.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. The whole number of copies of a work printed and published
      at one time; as, the first edition was soon sold.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

edition
    n 1: the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is
         published
    2: all of the identical copies of something offered to the
       public at the same time; "the first edition appeared in
       1920"; "it was too late for the morning edition"; "they
       issued a limited edition of Bach recordings"
    3: an issue of a newspaper; "he read it in yesterday's edition
       of the Times"
    4: something a little different from others of the same type;
       "an experimental version of the night fighter"; "a variant of
       the same word"; "an emery wheel is the modern variation of a
       grindstone"; "the boy is a younger edition of his father"
       [syn: version, variant, variation, edition]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

59 Moby Thesaurus words for "edition":
   arrangement, back number, collection, composite reading,
   conflation, copy, critical edition, diplomatic text, draft,
   edited text, hymnal, hymnbook, impression, instrumental score,
   issue, lection, library, library edition, libretto, lute tablature,
   music, music paper, music roll, musical notation, musical score,
   normalized text, notation, number, opera, opera score,
   orchestral score, part, piano score, printing, reading, reissue,
   rendering, rendition, reprinting, scholarly edition,
   school edition, score, series, set, sheet music, short score,
   songbook, songster, tablature, text, trade book, trade edition,
   transcript, transcription, variant, version, vocal score, volume,
   written music