self-registering

American  

[self-rej-uh-ster-ing, -string, self-] / ˌsɛlfˈrɛdʒ ə stər ɪŋ, -strɪŋ, ˌsɛlf- /

adjective

1. registering automatically, as an instrument; self-recording.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• self-registration
  noun

Etymology

Origin of self-registering

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

Rooms were open for a kind of self-registering.

From Time Magazine Archive

We say fortunately, for if the inequality of Mr. Whitman's lines were self-registering, as it would be in the case of an anticipated syllable at their close, the effect would be painful in the extreme.

From Views and Reviews by James, Henry

Robert P. Multhauf The development of self-registering meteorological instruments began very shortly after that of scientific meteorological observation itself.

From The Introduction of Self-Registering Meteorological Instruments by Multhauf, Robert P.

Mar′igraph, a self-registering tide-gauge; Marinade′, a liquor or pickle in which fish or meat is steeped before cooking, to improve the flavour.—v.t.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Other self-registering instruments maintain continuous records of the force and direction of the wind, the amount and duration of rainfall, the duration of sunshine, the humidity of the air, etc.

From The Mentor: The Weather Serial Number 110; 1 July, 1916 by Talman, Charles Fitzhugh