self-registering

[ self-rej-uh-ster-ing, -string, self- ]

adjective

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

Other Words From

• self-regis·tration noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-registering¹

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

Even at sea level a sudden fall to “Fair” would cause a rain, much to the indignation of the person who thought that he had purchased a self-registering weather prophet.

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The first is one for predicting the height of the tides for future time, at any port for which data have been already obtained regarding tidal heights, by means of a self-registering tide-gauge.

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But the most wonderful of these mechanical arrangements is the machine for analysing the curves drawn by a self-registering tide gauge, so as to exhibit the constants of the harmonic curves, and thus enable the prediction of tidal heights to be carried out either by the tide-predicting machine, or by calculation.

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Self-registering thermometers were employed, sometimes attached at intervals of 100 fathoms to the sounding-line, so as to test the temperatures at various depths.

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Happily, there are now many mothers who keep and value a self-registering thermometer as an important addition to their household articles.

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