Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

self-registering

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.45 in modern English

Syllables: self--reg-is-ter-ing
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

6

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of an instrument or machine: recording its own operations.

Example Sentences

"Elsewhere, professionals could enthuse over new precision instruments capable, for instance, of measuring weights down to a tenth of a milligram, or over a host of self-registering thermometers and barometers, microscopes, typewriters, calculators and all sorts of technical and musical devices, including automatic concertinas, edeophones, auto-harps, bigophones and other long-forgotten objects."

Etymology

From self- + registering.

Questions

What does self-registering mean?: Of an instrument or machine: recording its own operations.
Where does self-registering come from?: From self- + registering.

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