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

• self-registration
  noun

Etymology

Origin of self-registering

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

self-registering

Rooms were open for a kind of self-registering.

From Time Magazine Archive

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of self-registering instruments which were actually used, which were widely adopted by observatories, and which were superseded by superior instruments rather than abandoned.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.

You can see the curve yourself if you ask Fraser to show you the self-registering barograph.

From The Man Who Rocked the Earth by Wood, Robert Williams

Long experience had demonstrated to the meteorologists of the 1840's that the principal obstacle to the success of self-registering instruments was friction.

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

All I ask is that the bulb of a self-registering manometer be pressed.

From The Shadow World by Garland, Hamlin