different between regulator vs regulation

English

Etymology

regulate +? -or.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.ju?.le?t.?/

Noun

regulator (plural regulators)

1. A device that controls or limits something.

   The voltage regulator stopped working and the resulting overload destroyed the device.

2. A person or group that sets standards of practice, especially those established by law.
3. A very accurate clock, used by clockmakers to measure the timekeeping of each newly made clock.
4. (genetics) A gene involved in controlling the expression of one or more other genes.
5. (rail transport) A device that controls the supply of steam to the cylinders of a steam locomotive.
6. (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

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of r?gul?
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of r?gul?

English

Etymology

From regulate +? -ion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????j??le???n/
• Hyphenation: reg?u?la?tion

Noun

regulation (countable and uncountable, plural regulations)

1. (uncountable) The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated.
2. (countable) A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization.

   Army regulations state a soldier AWOL over 30 days is a deserter.

3. A type of law made by the executive branch of government, usually by virtue of a statute made by the legislative branch giving the executive the authority to do so.
4. (European Union law) A form of legislative act which is self-effecting, and requires no further intervention by the Member States to become law.
5. (genetics) Mechanism controlling DNA transcription.
6. (medicine) Physiological process which consists in maintaining homoeostasis.

Translations

Adjective

regulation (not comparable)

1. In conformity with applicable rules and regulations.

Related terms

• rule
• ruler
• regulate
• regulator
• regulatory
• coregulation
• deregulation
• immunoregulation

Further reading

• regulation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• regulation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• urogenital