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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (6)

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;
- Example: "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"
- Example: "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"
- Example: "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; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Citation \Ci*ta"tion\, n. [F. citation, LL. citatio, fr.L.
   citare to cite. See Cite]
   1. An official summons or notice given to a person to appear;
      the paper containing such summons or notice.
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   2. The act of citing a passage from a book, or from another
      person, in his own words; also, the passage or words
      quoted; quotation.
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            This horse load of citations and fathers. --Milton.
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   3. Enumeration; mention; as, a citation of facts.
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   4. (Law) A reference to decided cases, or books of authority,
      to prove a point in law.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

citation
    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