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self-registering

[ self-rej-uh-ster-ing, -string, self- ]

adjective

  1. registering automatically, as an instrument; self-recording.


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Other Words From

  • self-regis·tration noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of self-registering1

First recorded in 1830–40

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Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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self-regardingself-regulate