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- Recording - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Record
- Recording - a. - Keeping a record or a register; as, a recording secretary; -- applied to numerous instruments with an automatic appliance which makes a record of their action; as, a recording gauge or telegraph.
- Chronograph - n. - An instrument for measuring or recording intervals of time, upon a revolving drum or strip of paper moved by clockwork. The action of the stylus or pen is controlled by electricity.
- Thermometrograph - n. - An instrument for recording graphically the variations of temperature, or the indications of a thermometer.
- Thermograph - n. - An instrument for automatically recording indications of the variation of temperature.
- Myograph - n. - An instrument for determining and recording the different phases, as the intensity, velocity, etc., of a muscular contraction.
- Reminiscent - n. - One who is addicted to indulging, narrating, or recording reminiscences.
- Hygrograph - n. - An instrument for recording automatically the variations of the humidity of the atmosphere.
- Spirograph - n. - An instrument for recording the respiratory movements, as the sphygmograph does those of the pulse.
- Barograph - n. - An instrument for recording automatically the variations of atmospheric pressure.
- Melodiograph - n. - A contrivance for preserving a record of music, by recording the action of the keys of a musical instrument when played upon.
- Registry - n. - The act of recording or writing in a register; enrollment; registration.
- Hydrometrograph - n. - An instrument for determining and recording the quantity of water discharged from a pipe, orifice, etc., in a given time.
- Stathmograph - n. - A contrivance for recording the speed of a railway train.
- Stylus - n. - The needle-like device used to cut the grooves which record the sound on the original disc during recording of a phonograph record.
- Bookkeeping - n. - The art of recording pecuniary or business transactions in a regular and systematic manner, so as to show their relation to each other, and the state of the business in which they occur; the art of keeping accounts. The books commonly used are a daybook, cashbook, journal, and ledger. See Daybook, Cashbook, Journal, and Ledger.
- Recording - a. - Keeping a record or a register; as, a recording secretary; -- applied to numerous instruments with an automatic appliance which makes a record of their action; as, a recording gauge or telegraph.
- Cyclometer - n. - A contrivance for recording the revolutions of a wheel, as of a bicycle.
- Sketch - n. - An outline or general delineation of anything; a first rough or incomplete draught or plan of any design; especially, in the fine arts, such a representation of an object or scene as serves the artist's purpose by recording its chief features; also, a preliminary study for an original work.
- Notation - n. - The act or practice of recording anything by marks, figures, or characters.
- Poll - n. - The casting or recording of the votes of registered electors; as, the close of the poll.
- Kymograph - n. - An instrument for measuring, and recording graphically, the pressure of the blood in any of the blood vessels of a living animal; -- called also kymographion.
- Anemography - n. - The art of recording the direction and force of the wind, as by means of an anemograph.
- Register - n. - One who registers or records; a registrar; a recorder; especially, a public officer charged with the duty of recording certain transactions or events; as, a register of deeds.
- Heraldry - n. - The art or office of a herald; the art, practice, or science of recording genealogies, and blazoning arms or ensigns armorial; also, of marshaling cavalcades, processions, and public ceremonies.
- Slidometer - n. - An instrument for indicating and recording shocks to railway cars occasioned by sudden stopping.
- Anemograph - n. - An instrument for measuring and recording the direction and force of the wind.