registration

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. The act of registering: voter registration.
2. n. The number of persons registered; enrollment.
3. n. An entry in a register.
4. n. A document certifying an act of registering.
5. n. Music A combination of organ stops selected to be used in playing a piece.
6. n. Music The technique of selecting and adjusting organ stops.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The act of inserting or recording in a register; the act of recording in general: as, the registration of deeds; the registration of births, deaths, and marriages; the registration of voters.
2. n. Specifically, in the law of conveyancing, a system for the recording of conveyances, mortgages, and other instruments affecting the title to real property, in a public office, for the information of all concerned. The general policy of registry laws is to make a duly registered instrument notice to all the world, so that no one can claim any advantage over the registered owner by dealing with an unregistered owner or claimant in ignorance of the registered title. Under some systems a specified time is allowed for registering; and in some neglect to register an instrument within the time limited marks it with infirmity. The more generally accepted principle is to give effect to each instrument in the order of its registration, as against all unregistered instruments of which the purchaser, etc., had no actual notice. Another important element in registry laws is a provision that the record or certified copy shall be evidence in all courts equally as the original; but in some systems the non-production of the original must be accounted for before the record can be received in lieu of it.
3. n. In organ-playing, the act, process, art, or result of selecting or combining stops for playing given pieces of music. It includes every effect of light and shade, of quality or power, that is needed for a complete rendering, including the choice of manuals, the drawing and retiring of stops, and the use of all mechanical accessories, like couplers, the swell pedal, etc. In most recent organ-music the registration is somewhat carefully indicated by the composer or editor, but organs are so diverse that every player must interpret such marks for himself. Older music is usually unmarked, and the registration requires special study as well as special talent.
4. n. One of numerous American statutes in various States, providing for registration, and often requiring it as a condition of the right to vote.
5. n. In Great Britain and Ireland, the making up of a list of voters which, after judicial revision, is the accredited record of an elector's title to vote.

Wiktionary

1. n. uncountable the act of signing up or registering for something
2. n. countable that which registers or makes something official, e.g. the form or paper that registers
3. n. uncountable alignment, e.g. of colors or other elements in a printing process
4. n. uncountable the location where guests register, especially with a hotel.
5. n. music The art of selecting and combining the stops or registers of an organ.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. The act of registering; registry; enrollment.
2. n. (Mus.) The art of selecting and combining the stops or registers of an organ.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a document certifying an act of registering
2. n. the act of adjusting something to match a standard
3. n. (music) the sound property resulting from a combination of organ stops used to perform a particular piece of music; the technique of selecting and adjusting organ stops
4. n. the body of people (such as students) who register or enroll at the same time
5. n. the act of enrolling