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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Self-registering

· Self·-reg·is·ter·ing · IPA
01 a. Registering itself; -- said of any instrument so contrived as to record its own indications of phenomena, whether continuously or at stated…
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    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 or barometer.