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
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
Clinically the temperature is estimated by means of a self-registering thermometer placed, for from one to five minutes, in close contact with the skin in the axilla, or in the mouth.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
Then, during the period 1840-1850, we see the appearance of a series of self-registering instruments which were actually used, which were widely adopted by observatories, and which were superseded by superior instruments rather than abandoned.
From The Introduction of Self-Registering Meteorological Instruments by Multhauf, Robert P.
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 Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
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