a part of this range produced in the same way and having the same quality: the head register; the upper register of the clarinet.
c.
(in an organ) a stop.
9.
a device for controlling the flow of warmed air or the like through an opening, as from a duct to an interior, composed of a number of narrow, parallel blades, usually behind a grating, that may be adjusted so as to overlap and close the opening.
10.
Photography. proper relationship between two plane surfaces in photography, as corresponding plates in photoengraving.
11.
Printing.
a.
a precise adjustment or correspondence, as of lines, columns, etc., esp. on the two sides of a leaf.
b.
correct relation or exact superimposition, as of colors in color printing.
12.
a bookmark, esp. a ribbon attached to the spine of a book.
13.
Linguistics. a variety of language typically used in a specific type of communicative setting: an informal register; the register of scientific discourse.
14.
Computers. a high-speed storage location in the CPU, used to store a related string of bits, as a word or phrase.
–verb (used with object)
15.
to enter or cause to be entered formally in a register.
16.
to cause (mail) to be recorded upon delivery to a post office for safeguarding against loss, theft, damage, etc., during transmission.
17.
to enroll (a student, voter, etc.) in a school or course of study, on the voting rolls, etc.
18.
to indicate by a record, as instruments do: The thermometer registered 102 degrees today.
19.
to indicate or show, as on a scale.
20.
Printing. to adjust so as to secure exact correspondence; cause to be in register.
21.
Military. to adjust (fire) on a known point.
22.
to show (surprise, joy, anger, etc.), as by facial expression or by actions.
23.
to document (a merchant ship engaged in foreign trade) by issuing a certificate of registry.
–verb (used without object)
24.
to enter one's name or cause it to be entered in a register; enroll: to register at a motel.
25.
to apply for and obtain inclusion of one's name on the list of voters.
26.
to enroll in a school or course of study: I've registered for three English classes.
27.
Printing. to be in register.
28.
to show: A broad smile registered on his face.
29.
to have some effect; make some impression: My plea didn't register on him at all.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME registre < MF, OF < ML registrum, regestrum, alter. of LL regesta catalog, list, n. use of neut. pl. of L regestus, ptp. of regerere to carry back, pile up, collect, equiv. to re-re+ ges-, s. of gerere to bear + -tus ptp. suffix; (v.) ME registren (< MF registrer) < ML registrāre, deriv. of registrum]
A formal or official recording of items, names, or actions.
A book for such entries.
An entry in such a record.
Exact alignment of the lines and margins on the opposite sides of a leaf.
Proper positioning of colors in color printing.
The range of an instrument or a voice.
A part of such a range.
A group of matched organ pipes; a stop.
The act of registering.
A device that automatically records a quantity or number.
Computer Science A part of the central processing unit used as a storage location.
An adjustable, grill-like device through which heated or cooled air is released into a room.
A state of proper alignment: to be in register.
Printing
Exact alignment of the lines and margins on the opposite sides of a leaf.
Proper positioning of colors in color printing.
The range of an instrument or a voice.
A part of such a range.
A group of matched organ pipes; a stop.
Music
The range of an instrument or a voice.
A part of such a range.
A group of matched organ pipes; a stop.
A variety of language used in a specific social setting: speaking in an informal register; writing in a scientific register.
v.
reg·is·tered, reg·is·ter·ing, reg·is·ters
v.
tr.
To enter in an official register.
To enroll officially or formally, especially in order to vote or attend classes.
To set down in writing; record: "It is for the historian to discover and register what actually happened"(Robert Conquest).
To indicate on or as if on an instrument or a scale.
To give outward signs of; express: Her face registered surprise.
To attain or achieve: registered a new high in sales.
To cause (mail) to be officially recorded and specially handled by payment of a fee.
To adjust so as to be properly aligned.
v.
intr.
To place or cause placement of one's name in a register.
To have one's name officially placed on a list of eligible voters.
To enroll as a student.
To be indicated on or as if on an instrument or a scale.
To be shown or expressed, as on the face.
To make an impression; be recorded in the mind: The warning failed to register.
To be in proper alignment.
[Middle English registre, from Old French, from Medieval Latin registrum, alteration of Late Latin regesta, from Latin, neuter pl. past participle of regerere, to record : re-, re- + gerere, to carry.]
1377, from M.L. registrum, alteration of L.L. regesta "list, matters recorded," from L. regesta, neuter pl. of regestus, pp. of regerere "to record," lit. "to carry back," from re- "back" + gerere "carry, bear." Some senses influenced by association with L. regere "to rule." The verb is attested from 1390, from O.Fr. registrer (13c.). Cash register is from 1875, from earlier meaning "device by which data is automatically recorded" (1830).
an official written record of names or events or transactions
2.
(music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments
3.
a book in which names and transactions are listed
4.
(computer science) memory device that is the part of computer memory that has a specific address and that is used to hold information of a specific kind
5.
an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room
6.
a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device
7.
a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill [syn: cash register]
verb
1.
record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions
2.
record in a public office or in a court of law; "file for divorce"; "file a complaint" [syn: file]
3.
enroll to vote; "register for an election"
4.
be aware of; "Did you register any change when I pressed the button?" [syn: record]
5.
indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read 'empty'" [syn: read]
6.
have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties [syn: cross-file]
7.
show in one's face; "Her surprise did not register"
8.
manipulate the registers of an organ
9.
send by registered mail; "I'd like to register this letter"
10.
enter into someone's consciousness; "Did this event register in your parents' minds?"
register 1. One of a small number of high-speed memory locations in a computer's CPU. Registers differ from ordinary random access memory in several respects: There are only a small number of registers (the "register set"), typically 32 in a modern processor though some, e.g. SPARC, have as many as 144. A register may be directly addressed with a few bits. In contrast, there are usually millions of words of main memory (RAM), requiring at least twenty bits to specify a memory location. Main memory locations are often specified indirectly, using an indirect addressing mode where the actual memory address is held in a register. Registers are fast; typically, two registers can be read and a third written -- all in a single cycle. Memory is slower; a single access can require several cycles. The limited size and high speed of the register set makes it one of the critical resources in most computer architectures. Register allocation, typically one phase of the back-end, controls the use of registers by a compiled program. See also accumulator, FUBAR, orthogonal, register dancing, register allocation, register spilling. 2. An addressable location in a memory-mapped peripheral device. E.g. the transmit data register in a UART.
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Jest\, n. [OE. jeste, geste, deed, action, story, tale, OF. geste, LL. gesta, orig., exploits, neut. pl. from L. gestus, p. p. of gerere to bear, carry, accomplish, perform; perh. orig., to make to come, bring, and perh. akin to E. come. Cf. Gest a deed, Register, n.]1. A deed; an action; a gest. [Obs.] The jests or actions of princes. --Sir T. Elyot. 2. A mask; a pageant; an interlude. [Obs.] --Nares. He promised us, in honor of our guest, To grace our banquet with some pompous jest. --Kyd. 3. Something done or said in order to amuse; a joke; a witticism; a jocose or sportive remark or phrase. See Synonyms under Jest, v. i. I must be sad . . . smile at no man's jests. --Shak. The Right Honorable gentleman is indebted to his memory for his jests, and to his imagination for his facts. --Sheridan. 4. The object of laughter or sport; a laughingstock. Then let me be your jest; I deserve it. --Shak. In jest, for mere sport or diversion; not in truth and reality; not in earnest. And given in earnest what I begged in jest. --Shak. Jest book, a book containing a collection of jests, jokes, and amusing anecdotes; a Joe Miller.
List\, n. [AS. l[=i]st a list of cloth; akin to D. lijst, G. leiste, OHG. l[=i]sta, Icel. lista, listi, Sw. list, Dan. liste. In sense 5 from F. liste, of German origin, and thus ultimately the same word.]1. A strip forming the woven border or selvedge of cloth, particularly of broadcloth, and serving to strengthen it; hence, a strip of cloth; a fillet. "Gartered with a red and blue list. " --Shak. 2. A limit or boundary; a border. The very list, the very utmost bound, Of all our fortunes. --Shak. 3. The lobe of the ear; the ear itself. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 4. A stripe. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. 5. A roll or catalogue, that is row or line; a record of names; as, a list of names, books, articles; a list of ratable estate. He was the ablest emperor of all the list. --Bacon. 6. (Arch.) A little square molding; a fillet; -- called also listel. 7. (Carp.) A narrow strip of wood, esp. sapwood, cut from the edge of a plank or board. 8. (Rope Making) A piece of woolen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a workman. 9. (Tin-plate Manuf.) (a) The first thin coat of tin. (b) A wirelike rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is coated. Civil list (Great Britain & U.S.), the civil officers of government, as judges, ambassadors, secretaries, etc. Hence, the revenues or appropriations of public money for the support of the civil officers. More recently, the civil list, in England, embraces only the expenses of the reigning monarch's household. Free list. (a) A list of articles admitted to a country free of duty. (b) A list of persons admitted to any entertainment, as a theater or opera, without payment, or to whom a periodical, or the like, is furnished without cost. Syn: Roll; catalogue; register; inventory; schedule. Usage: List, Boll, Catalogue, Register, Inventory, Schedule. A list is properly a simple series of names, etc., in a brief form, such as might naturally be entered in a narrow strip of paper. A roll was originally a list containing the names of persons belonging to a public body (as Parliament, etc.), which was rolled up and laid aside among its archives. A catalogue is a list of persons or things arranged in order, and usually containing some description of the same, more or less extended. A register is designed for record or preservation. An inventory is a list of articles, found on hand in a store of goods, or in the estate of a deceased person, or under similar circumstances. A schedule is a formal list or inventory prepared for legal or business purposes.
Reg"is*ter\, v. t. (Securities) To enter the name of the owner of (a share of stock, a bond, or other security) in a register, or record book. A registered security is transferable only on the written assignment of the owner of record and on surrender of his bond, stock certificate, or the like.