regulator

Plural: regulators

Noun

• any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc.
• an official responsible for control and supervision of a particular activity or area of public interest
• a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel)
• A device that controls or limits something.
• A device that controls or limits something.
• Ellipsis of voltage regulator.
• A person or group that sets standards of practice, especially regulatory law as sanctioned by statutory law.
• A very accurate clock, used by clockmakers to measure the timekeeping of each newly made clock.
• A gene involved in controlling the expression of one or more other genes.
• A device that controls the supply of steam to the cylinders of a steam locomotive.
• Synonym of bulldozer (“member of intimidating group of white US Southerners”).
• A positive real number determining the density of the units in Dirichlet's unit theorem.

Examples

• The regulator stopped working and the resulting overvoltage destroyed the device.

Synonyms

governor, bulldozer

Related Words

rector, regimen, regiment, region, regular, regulate, regulation, rule, régime