Citation (disambiguation)
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Citation
Broadly, a citation is a reference to a published or unpublished source . More precisely, a citation is an abbreviated alphanumeric expression Broadly, a citation is a reference to a published or unpublished source (not always the original source). More precisely, a citation is an abbreviated...

is a credit or reference to another document or source.

Citation may also refer to:
  • A citation or notice to appear, a type of summons prepared and served by a law enforcement official
  • A traffic ticket
    Traffic ticket
    A traffic ticket is a notice issued by a law enforcement official to a motorist or other road user, accusing violation of traffic laws. Traffic tickets generally come in two forms, citing a moving violation, such as exceeding the speed limit, or a non-moving violation, such as a parking violation,...

     issued by a law enforcement official for allegedly having done something wrong
  • Case citation
    Case citation
    Case citation is the system used in many countries to identify the decisions in past court cases, either in special series of books called reporters or law reports, or in a 'neutral' form which will identify a decision wherever it was reported...

    , the system used in common law countries to uniquely identify the location of past court cases
  • Legal citation
    Legal citation
    Legal citation is the practice of crediting and referring to authoritative documents and sources. The most common sources of authority cited are court decisions , statutes, regulations, government documents, treaties, and scholarly writing....

    , the style of crediting and referencing other documents or sources of authority in legal writing
  • A type of award
    Award
    An award is something given to a person or a group of people to recognize excellence in a certain field; a certificate of excellence. Awards are often signifiedby trophies, titles, certificates, commemorative plaques, medals, badges, pins, or ribbons...

    , usually given as a formal public announcement
  • Citation (horse)
    Citation (horse)
    Citation was the eighth American Triple Crown winner, and one of three major North American Thoroughbreds to win at least 16 consecutive races in major stakes race competition...

    , a thoroughbred champion
  • Chevrolet Citation
    Chevrolet Citation
    The Chevrolet Citation was a compact car sold by the Chevrolet brand of American automaker General Motors for model years 1980-1985. The Citation and its X-body siblings were among GM's first front wheel drive compact cars, following the trend of front drive compacts such as the Honda Accord...

    , an automobile
  • Edsel Citation
    Edsel Citation
    The Edsel Citation was the top of the line automobile produced by the former Mercury-Edsel-Lincoln Division of the Ford Motor Company of Dearborn, Michigan, and sold through its Edsel marque in 1958. The Citation was built on the longer Edsel platform, shared with Mercury brand automobiles, as was...

    , an automobile
  • Cessna Citation, a series of business jets produced by Cessna:
    • Cessna Citation
      Cessna Citation
      The Cessna Citation is a marketing name used by Cessna for its line of business jets. Rather than one particular model of aircraft, the name applies to several "families" of turbofan-powered aircraft that have been produced over the years...

       - Series overview and original family of jets
    • Cessna Citation III
      Cessna Citation III
      |-See also:-External links:*...

       - Second family of Citation jets
    • Cessna Citation X
      Cessna Citation X
      The Cessna Citation X is a long-range medium business jet aircraft. The Citation X is powered by two Rolls-Royce turbofan engines and is built by the Cessna Aircraft Company in Wichita, Kansas. It is the fastest production civilian jet in the world. The Citation brand of business jets encompasses...

       - The fastest Citation
    • Cessna Citation Excel
      Cessna Citation Excel
      |-Operators:The aircraft is operated by private individuals, companies, fractionals, charter operators and aircraft management companies.*******-See also:-External links:* * *...

       - The fourth family of Citations
    • Cessna Citation Mustang
      Cessna Citation Mustang
      |-Operators:The aircraft is operated by private individuals, companies and executive charter operators. A number of companies also use the aircraft as part of fractional ownership programs.-See also:-External links:* * * * .* * * *...

       - The very light jet
      Very Light Jet
      A very light jet, entry-level jet or personal jet, previously known as a microjet, is a category of small jet aircraft approved for single-pilot operation, seating 4-8 people, with a maximum take-off weight of under...

       variant of the Citation series
  • The PageRank
    PageRank
    PageRank is a link analysis algorithm, named after Larry Page and used by the Google Internet search engine, that assigns a numerical weighting to each element of a hyperlinked set of documents, such as the World Wide Web, with the purpose of "measuring" its relative importance within the set...

     Citation Ranking: Bringing Order to the Web, an early paper on the Google Pagerank algorithm
  • Citation (album)
    Citation (album)
    Citation is the 4th album recorded by Scott Miller. It was released on March 24, 2006.-Track listing:All tracks by Scott Miller#"Summons" – 0:25#"Freedom Is A Stranger" – 3:44#"Wild Things" – 2:42#"Still People Are Moving" – 4:53...

    , an album by Scott Miller
  • The trade name for the drug Flunixin
  • Gibson Citation
    Gibson Citation
    The Gibson Citation was a top-of-the-line archtop guitar, introduced in 1969 and still available from the Gibson custom shop on special order. It featured figured maple back and sides and a carved maple or carved spruce top with a figured maple or mahogany neck; it usually was equipped with a...

    , a guitar
  • Reference (computer science)
    Reference (computer science)
    In computer science, a reference is a value that enables a program to indirectly access a particular data item, such as a variable or a record, in the computer's memory or in some other storage device. The reference is said to refer to the data item, and accessing those data is called...


See also

  • Presidential Unit Citation (United States)
  • Mentioned in Despatches
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