regulator
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
regulator (plural regulators)
- A device that controls or limits something.
- Coordinate terms: governor, modulator, synchronizer
- The voltage regulator stopped working and the resulting overload destroyed the device.
- A person or group that sets standards of practice, especially those established by law.
- 2021 June 15, Suzanne Rust, “A problem Silicon Valley can’t solve: Drought, quake risk”, in Los Angeles Times, Nant Capital, LLC:
- […] in part because a key county reservoir had to been[sic] drained to reduce earthquake risks highlighted by federal regulators.
- A very accurate clock, used by clockmakers to measure the timekeeping of each newly made clock.
- (genetics) A gene involved in controlling the expression of one or more other genes.
- (rail transport) A device that controls the supply of steam to the cylinders of a steam locomotive.
- 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.
- (historical) A bulldozer (member of intimidating group of white US Southerners).
Derived terms
- acidity regulator
- battery regulator
- voltage regulator
Related terms
Translations
device that controls or limits something
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person or group that sets standards of practice
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very accurate clock used by clockmakers
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type of gene
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rail transport: device that controls the supply of steam to the cylinder
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historical: bulldozer — see bulldozer
Further reading
- “regulator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “regulator”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “regulator”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
regulator (plural regulator-regulator, first-person possessive regulatorku, second-person possessive regulatormu, third-person possessive regulatornya)
- regulator:
- a device that controls or limits something.
- a person or group that sets standards of practice, especially those established by law.
- Synonym: pengatur
- Synonym: pengawal selia (Standard Malay)
- a very accurate clock, used by clockmakers to measure the timekeeping of each newly made clock.
- (genetics) a gene involved in controlling the expression of one or more other genes.
Related terms
Further reading
- “regulator” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Verb
rēgulātor
Etymology
Internationalism; compare English regulator, French régulateur, German Regulator, ultimately from Latin rēgulō.
Pronunciation
Noun
regulator m inan
- regulator (device which controls or regulates)
- regulator (person or group that sets standards of practice)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | regulator | regulatory |
| genitive | regulatora | regulatorów |
| dative | regulatorowi | regulatorom |
| accusative | regulator | regulatory |
| instrumental | regulatorem | regulatorami |
| locative | regulatorze | regulatorach |
| vocative | regulatorze | regulatory |
Declension of regulator
Derived terms
adverb
Further reading
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French régulateur or German Regulator. By surface analysis, regula + -tor.
Adjective
regulator m or n (feminine singular regulatoare, masculine plural regulatori, feminine and neuter plural regulatoare)
Declension
| 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
regulator m (plural regulatori)
Declension
Etymology 2
Noun
regulator n (plural regulatoare)
Declension
| 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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