tự ký
Definition
- Adjective:
- Self-registering; self-recording: Describes an instrument or device that automatically and continuously records its own measurements or data onto a chart, graph, or other medium without manual intervention.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Nhà khí tượng học sử dụng một nhiệt kế tự ký. (The meteorologist uses a self-recording thermometer.)
- Máy đo địa chấn tự ký đã ghi lại trận động đất. (The self-registering seismograph recorded the earthquake.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is highly technical and is primarily used in scientific, engineering, and meteorological contexts to describe specific classes of measuring instruments.
Variants and Related Words
- Tự ghi (adj): An alternative term with the same meaning as "tự ký" (self-recording).
- thiết bị tự ghi (self-recording device)
Synonyms
- Autographic: Making a record of its own readings.
- Automatic recording: Operating and recording data automatically.
Related Terms
- Máy ghi (n): recorder, a general term for a recording device.
- Đồ thị (n): chart, graph; the medium onto which the data is recorded.