self-recording

adjective

Of an instrument: capable of automatically recording its measurements.

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Meanings

adjectiveself-recording (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf an instrument: capable of automatically recording its measurements.

    Detailed records are kept of the strains imposed on the bridge by the violent gales that frequently sweep the firth, and a self-recording wind gauge is fixed on the top of the tower.

    1950 March, H. A. Vallance, “On Foot Across the Forth Bridge”, in Railway Magazine, page 149

Origin

From self- + recording.

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APA

self-recording. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-recording

MLA

“self-recording.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-recording. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-recording,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-recording.

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