regulator

regulate +‎ -or.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛɡ.jʊ.leɪt.ə/, /ˈɹɛɡ.jə.leɪt.ə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛɡ.ju.leɪt.ɚ/, /ˈɹɛɡ.jə.leɪt.ɚ/

regulator (plural regulators)

1. A device that controls or limits something.

   The voltage regulator stopped working and the resulting overload destroyed the device.

2. 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.

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.
   • 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) A bulldozer (member of intimidating group of white US Southerners).

• voltage regulator
• battery regulator

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• regulator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• regulator in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• regulator at OneLook Dictionary Search

rēgulātor

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

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

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

regulator m inan

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

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

From French régulateur or German Regulator.

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

1. regulating

regulator m (plural regulatori)

1. regulator