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

Kim clicked round the self-registering turnstile; the old man followed and halted amazed.

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So does the stone Bodhisat sit who looks down upon the patent self-registering turnstiles of the Lahore Museum.

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The self-registering thermometer at the top of Mr. Ablewhite's bald head began to indicate a rise of temper.

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The mercurial barometer can be made self-registering by concentrating Barographs.

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Figure 48 shows a barograph or self-registering barometer which automatically registers air pressure.

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