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citation |sīˈtā sh ən| (abbr.: cit.)
noun
1 a quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author, esp. in a scholarly work : there were dozens of citations from the works of Byron | recognition through citation is one of the principal rewards in science.
• a mention of a praiseworthy act or achievement in an official report, esp. that of a member of the armed forces in wartime.
• a note accompanying an award, describing the reasons for it : the Nobel citation noted that his discovery would be useful for energy conversion technology.
• Law a reference to a former tried case, used as guidance in the trying of comparable cases or in support of an argument.
2 Law a summons : a traffic citation.
ORIGIN Middle English (sense 2) : from Old French, from Latin citation-, from citare ‘cite.’