citation
     n 1: an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given
          as formal public statement [syn: {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: {acknowledgment},
         {credit}, {reference}, {mention}, {quotation}]
     4: a passage or expression that is quoted or cited [syn: {quotation},
         {quote}]
     5: a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a
        proceeding
     6: thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1948
Source: WordNet® 2.0