[chabap] (n) EN: model ; edition ; issue ; version ; copy ; transcript ; duplicateFR: modèle [ m ] ; exemplaire [ m ] ; copie [ f ] ; édition [ f ] ; numéro [ m ] ; version [ f ] ; volume [ m ]
(n) all of the identical copies of something offered to the public at the same time, Example:the first edition appeared in 1920; it was too late for the morning edition; they issued a limited edition of Bach recordings
n. [ L. editio, fr. edere to publish; cf. F. édition. 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 ]