noun
( -s )
Etymology: from gerund of record (I)
1.
a. : the process of recording something especially sound
the recording took place at the studio
b. : a period or session of recording something
said several recordings would be necessary
2.
a. : what is recorded (as on a phonograph record, magnetic tape)
analyzed the recording
b. : a phonograph record, magnetic tape, or some other thing (as film, wire, one of the perforated rolls played by a player piano) on which sound or visual images have been recorded for subsequent reproduction
has a collection of unusual recordings