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regulator
English
Etymology
regulate +? -or.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???.ju?.le?t.?/
Noun
regulator (plural regulators)
- A device that controls or limits something.
- The voltage regulator stopped working and the resulting overload destroyed the device.
- A person or group that sets standards of practice, especially those established by law.
- A very accurate clock, used by clockmakers to measure the timekeeping of each newly made clock.
- (genetics) A gene involved in controlling the expression of one or more other genes.
- (rail transport) A device that controls the supply of steam to the cylinders of a steam locomotive.
- (historical) A bulldozer (member of intimidating group of white US Southerners).
Derived terms
- voltage regulator
- battery regulator
Related terms
- rector
- regimen
- regiment
- régime
- region
- regular
- regulate
- regulation
- rule
Translations
Further reading
- regulator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- regulator in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- regulator at OneLook Dictionary Search
Latin
Verb
r?gul?tor
- second-person singular future passive imperative of r?gul?
- third-person singular future passive imperative of r?gul?
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regulate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin regulatus, past participle of regul? (“to direct, rule, regulate”), from regula (“rule”), from reg? (“to keep straight, direct, govern, rule”). Compare regle, rail.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????j?le?t/
- Hyphenation: re?gu?late
Verb
regulate (third-person singular simple present regulates, present participle regulating, simple past and past participle regulated)
- To dictate policy.
- To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.
- 1834, George Bancroft, History of the United States of America, from the Discovery of the Continent
- The herdsmen near the frontier adjudicated their own disputes, and regulated their own police.
- 1834, George Bancroft, History of the United States of America, from the Discovery of the Continent
- To adjust to a particular specification or requirement: regulate temperature.
- To adjust (a mechanism) for accurate and proper functioning.
- to regulate a watch, i.e. adjust its rate of running so that it will keep approximately standard time
- to regulate the temperature of a room, the pressure of steam, the speed of a machine, etc.
- To put or maintain in order.
- to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances
- to regulate one's eating habits
Derived terms
- deregulate
- downregulate
- upregulate
Related terms
- rule
- ruler
- regular
- regulation
- regulator
Translations
Further reading
- regulate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- regulate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- legature
Latin
Verb
r?gul?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of r?gul?
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