English Explanatory Dictionary

regulator

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A device that controls or limits something.
  2. Ellipsis of voltage regulator.
  3. A person or group that sets standards of practice, especially regulatory law as sanctioned by statutory law.
  4. A very accurate clock, used by clockmakers to measure the timekeeping of each newly made clock.
  5. A gene involved in controlling the expression of one or more other genes.
  6. A device that controls the supply of steam to the cylinders of a steam locomotive.
  7. Synonym of bulldozer (“member of intimidating group of white US Southerners”).
  8. A positive real number determining the density of the units in Dirichlet's unit theorem.
  9. Short for diving regulator.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹɛɡ.jʊ.leɪ.tə/ /ˈɹɛɡ.jə.leɪ.tə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-regulator.wav /ˈɹɛɡ.ju.leɪ.tɚ/ /ˈɹɛɡ.jə.leɪ.tɚ/

Word forms

regulator regulators

Etymology

From regulate + -or.

Synonyms

bulldozer

Related words

rector regimen regiment régime region regular regulate regulation rule

Derived words

acidity regulator autoregulator battery regulator bioregulator coregulator deregulator dysregulator hyporegulator immunoregulator mechanoregulator metalloregulator microregulator mucoregulator multiregulator neuroregulator oncoregulator osmoregulator oxyregulator phosphoregulator photoregulator phytoregulator regulatorship regulatress riboregulator superregulator thermoregulator transregulator vasoregulator voltage regulator

Translations

Arabic: منظِّم Belarusian: рэгуля́тар Bulgarian: регула́тор Catalan: regulador Czech: regulátor Finnish: säädin Irish: rialtán Italian: regolatore Italian: erogatore Kazakh: реттегіш Korean: 조절기 Polish: regulator Portuguese: regulador Russian: регуля́тор Spanish: regulador Swedish: regulator Turkish: dedantör Ukrainian: регуля́тор
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