Lexic.us

Definition of Regulator

1. Noun. Any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc..

2. Noun. An official responsible for control and supervision of a particular activity or area of public interest.

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

Definition of Regulator

1. n. One who, or that which, regulates.

Definition of Regulator

1. Noun. A device that controls or limits something. ¹

2. Noun. A person or group that sets standards of practice, especially those established by law. ¹

3. Noun. A very accurate clock, used by clockmakers to measure the timekeeping of each newly made clock. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Regulator

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Regulator

1. A substance or process that regulates another substance or process. Growth regulators, substances that can alter the growth of a living organism. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Regulator

regularly regularness regularobufagin regulars regulatability regulatable regulate regulated regulates regulating

regulation regulation time regulations regulative regulato regulator (current term) regulator gene regulatorily regulators regulatory

regulatory T-cell regulatory agency regulatory albuminuria regulatory authority regulatory cell proliferation kinase regulatory enzyme regulatory gene regulatory offence regulatory offense regulatory region

Literary usage of Regulator

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Experimental Electrical Engineering and Manual for Electrical Testing for by Vladimir Karapetoff (1922)
"The radial switch below is for connecting the regulator to the field of any of the machines working in parallel. The double-throw switches are for reversing ..."

2. Proceedings by Natural Gas Association of America, Modern Language Association of America (1917)
"This is to keep a regulator from opening or closing too far when the regulator is ... Should the regulator stick up and finally loosen, it will not allow ..."

3. The Cyclopædia;: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature.by Abraham Rees by Abraham Rees (1819)
"It is fixed to the regulator by a ... it down (huts the injection-cock ; at the fame time the regulator is opened to ... that when the regulator is (hut, ..."

4. A Course in Electrical Engineering by Chester Laurens Dawes (1922)
"An automatic voltage regulator is much .more essential in the smaller alternating-current stations than in direct-current stations The voltage changes in ..."

5. Experimental Electrical Engineering and Manual for Electrical Testing for by Vladimir Karapetoff (1910)
"The radial switch below is for connecting the regulator to the field of any of the machines working in parallel. The double-throw switches are for reversing ..."

6. The U. S. Coal Industry, 1970-1990: Two Decades of ChangeTechnol (1994)
"As with any entry, the mask and regulator are held in place by one hand, while the console and any other loose items are held with the other. Beach Entries. ..."

7. Electrical Engineering: The Theory and Characteristics of Electrical by Clarence Victor Christie (1917)
"Automatic voltage regulator for alternating-current generators. 454. ... The regulator described in Art. 453 may bo modified to regulate the voltage of ..."

8. Report of the Annual Meeting (1841)
"The regulator has for its primary object the alteration or regulation of the ... The inventors conceive the " regulator" to have fully supplied this want. ..."

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