recording
/ɹɪˈkɔː(ɹ)dɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.51 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The act of registering for something; registration.
Example Sentences
- "Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth."
- "The one-party consent law permits the recording of telephone calls with the consent of at least one of the parties."
- "I made a recording of the TV show so that I could watch it later."
- "But, she says, a wartime ban on recordings using shellac and vinyl kept the Walker version from being released."
- "The resulting integrated neurograms were then studied, and only the recordings with bursts that reached a signal:noise ratio of at least 3:1 were accepted for analysis."