self-registering instrument
1Self-registering — Self reg is*ter*ing, a. Registering itself; said of any instrument so contrived as to record its own indications of phenomena, whether continuously or at stated times, as at the maxima and minima of variations; as, a self registering anemometer… …
2self-registering — adj. (of a scientific instrument etc.) automatically registering its measurements. * * * (ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷( ̷ ̷) ̷ ̷ adjective : registering automatically a self registering barometer * * * self registration, n. /self rej euh steuhr ing, string,… …
3Self-registering thermometer — Thermometer Ther*mom e*ter (th[ e]r*m[o^]m [ e]*t[ e]r), n. [Thermo + meter: cf. F. thermom[ e]tre. See {Thermal}.] (Physics) An instrument for measuring temperature, founded on the principle that changes of temperature in bodies are accompanied… …
4self-registering — self registration, n. /self rej euh steuhr ing, string, self /, adj. registering automatically, as an instrument; self recording. [1830 40] * * * …
5self-registering — /sɛlf ˈrɛdʒəstrɪŋ/ (say self rejuhstring), / tərɪŋ/ (say tuhring) adjective registering automatically, as an instrument; self recording …
6trace — trace1 /trays/, n., v., traced, tracing. n. 1. a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige: traces of an advanced civilization among the ruins. 2. a barely discernible… …
7tracing — /tray sing/, n. 1. the act of a person or thing that traces. 2. something that is produced by tracing. 3. a copy of a drawing, map, plan, etc., made by tracing on a transparent sheet placed over the original. 4. the record made by a self… …
8trace — I [[t]treɪs[/t]] n. v. traced, trac•ing, 1) a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige 2) a barely discernible indication or evidence of some quantity, quality, characteristic …
9trace — I. /treɪs / (say trays) noun 1. a mark, token, or evidence of the former presence, existence, or action of something; a vestige. 2. a mark, indication, or evidence. 3. a scarcely discernible quantity of something; a very small amount. 4. Opal… …
10tracing — /ˈtreɪsɪŋ/ (say traysing) noun 1. a copy of a drawing, etc., made by tracing. 2. the act of someone or something that traces. 3. that which is produced by tracing. 4. the record traced by a self registering instrument. {trac(e)1 + ing1} …
