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  1. noun The act of citing.
  2. noun A quoting of an authoritative source for substantiation.
  3. noun A source so cited; a quotation.
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  • ConnoteaOn the plus side: Includes date and time the citation was added to the database.
  • I usually do not use that particular citation, but I think my citation is from In Re Aller. —  Patent Law Blog (Patently-O)
  • Let me reiterate that the citation was there before I made my edit. —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • With his words as a citation, the finalists for the Geoffrey Dawson Prize for Journalism (Antipodes) are announced. —  GlobalResearch.ca
  • Prosecutors said he smeared the excrement on a traffic citation, a note and cash that he sent to the Minnehaha County Clerk of Courts on July 21. —  Salon
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  1. from Middle English citacion, -oun, = F. Provencal citation = Spanish citation = Portuguese citação = Italian citazione = G. Danish citation (prob. from F.), from Middle Latin citatio(n-), from Latin citare, past participle citatus, cite: see cite.
 

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/saɪˈteɪʃən/
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