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n. One that regulates, as:

n. The mechanism in a watch by which its speed is governed.

n. A highly accurate clock used as a standard for timing other clocks.

n. A device used to maintain uniform speed in a machine; a governor.

n. A device used to control the flow of gases, liquids, or electric current.

n. One, such as the member of a governmental regulatory agency, that ensures compliance with laws, regulations, and established rules: banking regulators; price regulators.

n. A substance that affects the amount of product or the progress of a biochemical reaction or process: a regulator of embryogenesis.

n. See regulator gene.

n. A device that controls or limits something.

n. A person or group that sets standards of practice, especially those established by law.

n. A very accurate clock, used by clockmakers to measure the timekeeping of each newly made clock.

n. One who, or that which, regulates.

n. A contrivance for regulating and controlling motion.

n. The lever or index in a watch, which controls the effective length of the hairspring, and thus regulates the vibrations of the balance.

n. The governor of a steam engine.

n. A valve for controlling the admission of steam to the steam chest, in a locomotive.

n. A clock, or other timepiece, used as a standard of correct time. See Astronomical clock (a), under Clock.

n. A member of a volunteer committee which, in default of the lawful authority, undertakes to preserve order and prevent crimes; also, sometimes, one of a band organized for the comission of violent crimes.

n. One who or that which regulates.

n. A mechanical contrivance intended to produce uniformity of motion, temperature, power, etc.

n. The original valve-motion of Watt's double-action condensing pumping-engine. It was a valve-box having a spindle through one of its sides, on which was a toothed sector working on a central bearing, and meshing with a rack attached to a valve. A tripping-lever attached to the sector and operated by the plug-tree caused the oscillations of the latter to open and close the valve.

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n. any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc.

n. a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel)

n. an official responsible for control and supervision of a particular activity or area of public interest

"The term regulator actually covers six or more distinct functions and responsibilities."

functionary    official   

regulator-cover    regulator-cock    regulator-valve    regulator-box    regulator-shaft    roux regulator    levers    many-light regulator   

region    regular    rule    regulation    regiment    rector    regimen    régime    regulate   

clock   

voltage regulator    battery regulator   

controller    valve    converter    relay    generator    voltage    detector    switch    amplifier    regulation