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regulator

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See also: Regulator, regülatör, and regulátor

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From regulate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛɡ.jʊ.leɪ.tə/, /ˈɹɛɡ.jə.leɪ.tə/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛɡ.ju.leɪ.tɚ/, /ˈɹɛɡ.jə.leɪ.tɚ/

Noun

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regulator (plural regulators)

  1. A device that controls or limits something.
    Coordinate terms: governor, modulator, attenuator, synchronizer
    2. Ellipsis of voltage regulator.
      The regulator stopped working and the resulting overvoltage destroyed the device.
  2. A person or group that sets standards of practice, especially regulatory law as sanctioned by statutory law.
    Hypernym: lawmaker
    Coordinate term: legislator
    • 2021 June 15, Suzanne Rust, “A problem Silicon Valley can’t solve: Drought, quake risk”, in Los Angeles Times‎[1], Nant Capital, LLC:
      […] in part because a key county reservoir had to been[sic] drained to reduce earthquake risks highlighted by federal regulators.
  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.
    • 1958 December, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 852:
      Driver G. A. Rowett, of the North Eastern Region's Neville Hill shed, now joined the locomotive as pilotman, and actually took over the regulator, Fireman Wheddon continuing to fire.
    • 1961 March, 'Balmore', “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 146:
      To start No. S.002 effectively with a heavy train, one opens the main regulator sufficiently to move the train off very slowly. An excess of regulator opening with the by-pass valve open can cause heavy slipping; if the worst happens, the slipping continues a little longer after the regulator is closed than on an English locomotive.
    • 2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 42:
      This uncoupling done, Gimbert opened the regulator as Nightall climbed back onto the footplate, in order to pull the one burning wagon away from the rest of the bomb-laden train.
  6. (historical) Synonym of bulldozer (“member of intimidating group of white US Southerners”).
  7. (mathematics) A positive real number determining the density of the units in Dirichlet's unit theorem.

Derived terms

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Translations

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Further reading

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Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Internationalism.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /re.ɡu.ˈla.tɔr/
  • Rhymes: -tɔr
  • Hyphenation: re‧gu‧la‧tor

Noun

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regulator (plural regulator-regulator)

  1. regulator:
    1. a device that controls or limits something
      Synonyms: pembatas, pengatur
    2. a person or group that sets standards of practice, especially those established by law
      Synonym: pengatur
      Synonym: pengawal selia (Standard Malay)
    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
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Latin

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Verb

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rēgulātor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of rēgulō

Polish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Internationalism; compare English regulator, French régulateur, German Regulator, ultimately from Latin rēgulō.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /rɛ.ɡuˈla.tɔr/
  • Rhymes: -atɔr
  • Syllabification: re‧gu‧la‧tor

Noun

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regulator m inan

  1. regulator (device which controls or regulates)
  2. regulator (person or group that sets standards of practice)

Declension

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Declension of regulator
singular plural
nominative regulator regulatory
genitive regulatora regulatorów
dative regulatorowi regulatorom
accusative regulator regulatory
instrumental regulatorem regulatorami
locative regulatorze regulatorach
vocative regulatorze regulatory

Derived terms

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adverb

Further reading

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  • regulator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • regulator in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French régulateur or German Regulator. By surface analysis, regula +‎ -tor.

Adjective

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regulator m or n (feminine singular regulatoare, masculine plural regulatori, feminine/neuter plural regulatoare)

  1. regulating
Declension
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Declension of regulator
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite regulator regulatoare regulatori regulatoare
definite regulatorul regulatoarea regulatorii regulatoarele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite regulator regulatoare regulatori regulatoare
definite regulatorului regulatoarei regulatorilor regulatoarelor

Noun

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regulator m (plural regulatori)

  1. regulator
Declension
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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative regulator regulatorul regulatori regulatorii
genitive-dative regulator regulatorului regulatori regulatorilor
vocative regulatorule regulatorilor

Etymology 2

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Noun

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regulator n (plural regulatoare)

  1. controller

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative regulator regulatorul regulatoare regulatoarele
genitive-dative regulator regulatorului regulatoare regulatoarelor
vocative regulatorule regulatoarelor
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