Edition

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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"; "an emery
          wheel is a modern variant of the grindstone"; "the boy is
          a younger edition of his father" [syn: {version}, {variant},
           {variation}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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