self-registering
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of self-registering
First recorded in 1830–40
Example Sentences
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Rooms were open for a kind of self-registering.
From Time Magazine Archive
Wild and Draper tell us that it was decided when their respective observatories were established—in 1860 and 1868—that all instruments should be self-registering.
From The Introduction of Self-Registering Meteorological Instruments by Robert P. Multhauf
Outside, the self-registering thermometer indicated 5 degrees below zero!
From The Coxswain's Bride also, Jack Frost and Sons; and, A Double Rescue by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
Like those self-registering machines that keep a strict 295 account of their own workings, it seemed to be engaged, as it went on, in writing, stage after stage, its own history.
From Leading Articles on Various Subjects by John Davidson
Experienced practitioners can approximate the patient's temperature with remarkable accuracy, but I strongly recommend the use of the self-registering clinical thermometer, which is a most valuable instrument in diagnosing diseases.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
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