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regulator
/ˈɹɛɡ.ju.leɪ.tɚ/
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What does regulator mean?
noun
- A device that controls or limits something.
- Ellipsis of voltage regulator.
- A person or group that sets standards of practice, especially regulatory law as sanctioned by statutory law.
More meanings (6)
noun
- A very accurate clock, used by clockmakers to measure the timekeeping of each newly made clock.
- A gene involved in controlling the expression of one or more other genes.
- A device that controls the supply of steam to the cylinders of a steam locomotive.
- A positive real number determining the density of the units in Dirichlet's unit theorem.
- Short for diving regulator.
- (historical) Synonym of bulldozer (“member of intimidating group of white US Southerners”).
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɹɛɡ.ju.leɪ.tɚ/
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The following year he, in conjunction with his brother William, took out another patent for a differential regulator.
Certain objections arise to affirm that, in this instance, the tool is not the sole regulator of the work.
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If individuals enter into a state of society, the laws of that society must be the supreme regulator of their conduct.
According to his explanations, the State would be only the regulator, legislator, protector of industry, not the universal manufacturer or producer.
Did not the necessities of everyday life constitute a sort of invisible regulator of existence, it would scarcely be possible for democracies to last.