register-n; 8 Senses

Sense Number 1: an official written record

Commentary: REGISTER[+artifact][+document][+record][+official]

Examples:
This old book appears to be an 16th-century register of births and deaths in an English village.
The innkeeper asked us to sign the guest register.
She's in all the social registers of town.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 3

Sense Number 2: pitch range of a voice, either human or instrumental

Commentary: REGISTER[+quality][+range][+pitch][+of_voice]

Examples:
The boy's voice dropped a register during puberty.
The opera singer could maintain a smooth unbroken tone between her registers.
He enjoyed the dusky lower register of the basset horn.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: a computer data cache

Commentary: REGISTER[+artifact][+device][+electronic][+cache][+data][+computer]

Examples:
These values are stored in a register and used by a later computation.
The CPU of my computer has several registers.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4

Sense Number 4: adjustable panel to regulate airflow in a space, e.g.,room or furnace

Commentary: REGISTER[+artifact][+device][+plate][+adjustable][+regulator][+of_airflow]

Examples:
The register in the room was set to 72 degrees Fahrenheit.
She moved the register to increase the air-conditioning in the room.
The register for the furnace is on the wall in the living room.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 6

Sense Number 5: passageway in floor or wall to allow airflow

Commentary: REGISTER[+artifact][+passageway][+grating][+for_airflow]

Examples:
She stood over the register in the hallway to get warm.
Air from a register in the floor was causing the curtain above it to flutter slightly.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5

Sense Number 6: cash box with adding machine attached

Commentary: REGISTER[+artifact][+device][+cash_box][+with_adding_machine][+attached]

Examples:
The clerk said she'd ring me up at the other register.
Two masked men entered the liquor store and demanded all the money from the register.
Modern registers automatically compute the change of the customer.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 7

Sense Number 7: a social dialect of a natural language

Commentary: REGISTER[+system][+communication][+language][+natural][+dialect][+social]
NOTE: implies distinct usage of vocabulary and pronunciation

Examples:
In their society, men and women use different registers in ceremonial speech.
In his new book, the linguist has described various registers in ethnic urban communities of the northeast.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 3

Sense Number 8: slide on a musical organ that controls pipes

Commentary: REGISTER[+artifact][+device][+slide][+on_organ][+controller][+of_pipes]

Examples:
The organist moved the register as he played the piece.
Which pipes does this register control?

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 2a