recording

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present 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. 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. 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. The act of registering for something; registration.