What is the meaning of Citation?

noun

• An official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement.
  • synonyms: commendation
• Law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.. ()
• A short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: cite, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation
• A passage or expression that is quoted or cited.
  • synonyms: quotation, quote
• A summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding.
• Thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1948. .