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REGISTRATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of enrolling
Synonyms:
enrollment; enrolment; registration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("registration" is a kind of...):
entering; entrance; entry; incoming; ingress (the act of entering)
Derivation:
register (record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of adjusting something to match a standard
Synonyms:
adjustment; readjustment; registration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("registration" is a kind of...):
calibration; standardisation; standardization (the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "registration"):
alignment (the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other)
collimation (the accurate adjustment of the line of sight of a telescope)
temperament (an adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys)
tune-up (adjustments made to an engine to improve its performance)
synchronisation; synchronising; synchronization; synchronizing (an adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison)
voicing (the act of adjusting an organ pipe (or wind instrument) so that it conforms to the standards of tone and pitch and color)
Derivation:
register (indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("registration" is a kind of...):
sound property (an attribute of sound)
Domain category:
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
Derivation:
register (manipulate the registers of an organ)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A document certifying an act of registering
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("registration" is a kind of...):
certificate; certification; credential; credentials (a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts)
Derivation:
register (record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions)
Sense 5
Meaning:
The body of people (such as students) who register or enroll at the same time
Synonyms:
enrollment; registration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("registration" is a kind of...):
body (a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity)
Context examples:
The act of registration, entering in a list, catalog, group, study; also, the number of subjects enrolled.
(Enrollment, NCI Thesaurus)
Examples of business processes include creation of a study or the registration of a patient into a study.
(Commit Operation, NCI Thesaurus)
ANVISA registration is a document required to sell any drug in Brazil.
(Brazil grants registration for first cannabis-based drug, Agência Brasil)
Specifies whether registration to the companion study is mandatory when registering to the parent study.
(Companion Study Relationship Registration Required Indicator, NCI Thesaurus)
A clinical study that includes all eligible patients identified by the researchers during the study registration period.
(Consecutive case series, NCI Dictionary)
I was a good deal surprised by this; for we were by no means in the habit of correspondence; I had seen the man, dined with him, indeed, the night before; and I could imagine nothing in our intercourse that should justify formality of registration.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
EXAMPLE(S): obtain informed consent, verify eligibility criteria, enroll, registration to a study, randomize, assignment to a treatment arm, start of on-study period, complete study visits, end of on-study period, exit trial, break treatment blind, protocol violation, premature withdrawal
(Defined Study Subject Milestone, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
The Clinical Trials Protocol and Data Management Shared Resource provides administrative support for Clinical Trials: assistance with protocol and budget development, submission and maintenance of IRB documentation, transmission of required information to study sponsors and federal oversight agencies, coordination of IRB approval, protocol conduct and data collection with affiliated institutions, data retrieval and data transcription in compliance within the guidelines of GCP, quality assurance to ensure completeness and accuracy of data, maintenance of protocol and patient registration system, protocol monitoring and generation of reports, hiring/training of data managers, contract development and management.
(Clinical Trials Protocol and Data Management Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)
EXAMPLE(S): assignment to a treatment arm, registration to a study, start of on-study period, end of on-study period, obtain informed consent, verify eligibility criteria, enroll, randomize, complete study visits, exit trial, break treatment blind, protocol violation, premature withdrawal
(Defined Administrative Activity, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
The Agency's work has four main objectives: to monitor global cancer occurrence in terms of cancer incidence, mortality, survival, and registration worldwide; cancer causes identification; elucidation of mechanisms of carcinogenesis, and development of scientific strategies for cancer control.
(International Agency for Research on Cancer, NCI Thesaurus)
