recording

verb

1. 1

   Also a form of recordpresent participle and gerund of record

   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.

noun

1. 1

   The act of storing sound, video, etc., in a permanent medium.

   The one-party consent law permits the recording of telephone calls with the consent of at least one of the parties.

2. 2

   A reproduction of sound, video, etc., stored in a permanent medium.

   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.

3. 3

   The act of registering for something; registration.

Forms

plural

recordings