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Definition: Regulator |
RegulatorNoun1. Any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc. 2. A official responsible for control and supervision of a particular activity or area of public interest. 3. A control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "regulator" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | A device for regulating the passage of gases. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A. A ventilating device, such as an opening in a wall or door; usually placed at the return of a split of air to govern the amount of air entering that portion of a mine b. A device for creating shock loss to restrict passage of air through an airway. Regulators are usually set in doors as adjustable, sliding partitions that can be varied to the desired opening. In their simplest form, for temporary service in an untraveled part of a mine, regulators consist of doors propped partially open. Where possible, regulators are located on the exhaust side of a split (in a return airway) to minimize interference with traffic. See also:ventilationSyn:ventilation regulator. (references) | |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In engineering, it is a device which has the function of maintaining a designated characteristic. It preforms the activity of managing or maintaining a range of value in a machine. Th measurable property of a device is managed closely by specified conditions or an advance set value or it can be a variable according to a predetermined arrangement scheme. It can be used generally to connote any set of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling items or objects.Eamples are a voltage regulator (which is a transformer whose voltage ratio of transformation can be adjusted) and a fuel regulator (which controls the supply of fuel)
In social science, it is an official responsible for control and supervision of an activity or area of public interest.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Regulator."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| rev | English | Regulator of expression of virion proteins | Medicine |
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Synonym: RegulatorSynonym: governor (n). (additional references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Diver disentangling rope from regulator while getting ready to lay a transect line. Credit: The Coral Kingdom. |
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 | Air conditioner; fan; cooling; ventilator; Freon; air conditioning; climate control; temperature regulator. |
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Ralph Waldo Emerson | Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring. |
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Health | It is also an important regulator of protein and lipid metabolism. (references) | |
The protein is called CFTR--cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator. (references) | ||
Gene sequences predict many aspects of a protein's function, such as whether it will respond to certain regulator molecules. (references) | ||
Business | The regulator is the Ministry of Finance and Communications. (references) | |
Preliminary discussions are underway to establish a regulator. (references) | ||
There will be no upper limit on the fines the regulator can impose. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | South Africa | SANEF regarded it as a regressive step by the Government that could result in very little independence for the regulator of the broadcasting and telecommunications media. (references) |
South Africa | This role came under scrutiny during the extended bidding process for the third cellular license in the country after unsuccessful bidders for the cellular license alleged that the regulator unfairly recommended one bidder for the contract; they sued to have the decision reviewed. (references) | |
Economic History | Netherlands | OPTA, the Dutch independent regulator, is closely watching and stimulating competitive developments. (references) |
Political Economy | JAPAN | Furthermore, the United States continues to urge Japan to establish a strong independent regulator for the telecom business. (references) |
BELGIUM | Further privatization of Belgacom may enhance the increasingly competitive environment and lend more independence to the regulator. (references) | |
Japan | Disputes in Japan are rarely settled in court, and it is difficult to appeal an unfavorable ruling by a regulator to a higher authority. (references) | |
Trade | Ireland | This regulator will be known as the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority. (references) |
Saudi Arabia | The stock market should also receive a boost from the adoption of a new capital markets law, which is expected to establish an independent regulator and provide greater transparency. (references) | |
Kenya | The strengthening of the Capital Markets Authority, the exchange regulator, through revised legislation in 1994 and the June 1996 budget measures helped in the growth of the exchange. (references) | |
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Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | In addition, the regulatory commissions must maintain their commitment to competition as the best regulator of all. |
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| "Regulator" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Regulator" is used about 281 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 281 | 17,410 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "regulator": combined bridge and regulator ♦ Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator ♦ Cytokine regulator ♦ dual stage regulator ♦ duckbill weir cross regulator ♦ feed regulator ♦ growth regulator ♦ humidity regulator ♦ light regulator ♦ pressure regulator ♦ pressure regulator with relief device ♦ regulator gene ♦ speed regulator ♦ thermostatic evaporator pressure regulator ♦ two stage regulator ♦ voltage regulator ♦ voltage regulator tube ♦ water regulator. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "regulator": regulator-friendly. | |
Ending with "regulator": bridge-cum-regulator, self-regulator, super-regulator. | |
Containing "regulator": hands-on-regulator-and-shovel. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "regulator"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | rregullues (adjuster, adjusting, regulable, regulating, regulative), rregullator (control, fence, guide, moderator), regjistër (calendar, catalogue, classbook, conduct sheet, register). (various references) | |
Arabic | جهاز التنظيم, المنظم (organizer, steward), الضابط المنظم, الضابط (controller, officer). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | стабилизатор (balancer, governor, stabilizator, stabilizer, suppressor, tail plane), регулатор (cataract, comptroller, controller, governor, moderator, register, timer). (various references) | |
Chinese | 管理者 (superintendent). (various references) | |
Czech | regulátor (governor, register). (various references) | |
Danish | rokker (rocker, shifting arm, tumbler gear frame), reguleringsudstyr (adjusting device, regulating device), regulatorur, regulator (adjuster, governor, throttle), reduktionsventil (valve pressure reducer), udloebskasse, tilførselsregulator (ammonia flow regulator), føderegulator (ammonia flow regulator), drosselspole til regulering (welding choke). (various references) | |
Dutch | regulator, regulateur (adjuster, governor, throttle), regelspoel (welding choke), regelinrichting (adjusting device, regulating device), regelgever, regelaar (adjuster, adjusting device, governor, regulating device), reduceerventiel (valve pressure reducer), wiebeltax, uitbalanceering, lasstroomsmoorspoel (welding choke), kompaswijzer, kompas (compass), drukregelaar (choke, governor, manostat, pressure controller, pressure reducer, pressure reducing valve, pressure regulator, reducing valve, regulating valve, valve pressure reducer), doseerapparaat (ammonia flow regulator), aanvoermechanisme. (various references) | |
Farsi | تنظیم کننده (Corrector), تعدیل کننده , الت تعدیل (Adjustment). (various references) | |
Finnish | regulaattori (valve pressure reducer), säätölaite (adjuster, control device, tuning device), säädinyksikkö (valve pressure reducer), hengitysventtiili (valve pressure reducer). (various references) | |
French | régulateur (regulating), modérateur (restraining). (various references) | |
German | Regler (automatic controller, control, controller, governor, modulator, ruler, stabilizer), Regulierer. (various references) | |
Greek | ρυθμιστής (adjuster, adjusting device, baffler, check, dispatcher, gauge, governor, modulator, regulating device, throttle, traffic controller). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מוסת (agitated, incited, inflamed, instigated), מס"יר (governor). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szabályozó (adjusting, regulative, regulatory, rheostat). (various references) | |
Indonesian | pengatur (arranger, controller). (various references) | |
Italian | regolatore (controlling, damper, ruler). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 制御器 (controller), 制御機 (controller). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | せいぎょき (controller). (various references) | |
Korean | 규칙 (regulation, rule). (various references) | |
Manx | stiureyder (conductor, controller, coxswain, director, helmsman, manipulator, navigator, pilot, steersman, superintendent, supervisor), reiltane, reilleyder (governor, ruler, straight edge), curmeyder (function, overseer, superior). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | egulatorray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | regulador (adjuster, adjusting, governor, regulative). (various references) | |
Romanian | regulator (throttle). (various references) | |
Russian | регулятор;законодатель, регулятор (damper, governor, moderator), регулировщик (pointsman), тот (alienee, bookable, briber, chooser, curler, dedicator, divider, drinker, integrator, keeker, kisser, marplot, masticator, objector, one who, reprover, skater, spoil-sport, that, turnspit), кто регулирует. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | regulator (adjuster), podešavač (adjuster, fitter). (various references) | |
Spanish | regulador (buffer, controller, governor, guv, regulatory, throttle). (various references) | |
Swedish | regulator (governor). (various references) | |
Turkish | regülatör, saat rakkası, düzenleyici (compensator, grader, organizer, organizing, promoter, regulating, regulative, regulatory, trimmer), akım düzenleyici. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | регулювальник (adjuster, adjustor), регулятор, реостат (dimmer, rheostat). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | người điều chỉnh máy điều chỉnh. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "regulator": regulators, regulatory. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "regulator": thermoregulator. (additional references) | |
Words containing "regulator": antiregulatory, immunoregulatory, osmoregulatory, thermoregulators, thermoregulatory. (additional references) | |
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"Regulator" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: drumulator, regulat, Roogalator. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "regulator" (pronounced re"gyulā'ter) |
| 6 | -y u l ā' t er | accumulator, calculator, manipulator, simulator, speculator, stimulator. |
| 5 | -u l ā' t er | defibrillator, escalator, insulator, modulator, oscillator, percolator, ventilator, violator. |
| 4 | -l ā' t er | legislator. |
| 3 | -ā' t er | educator, elevator, accelerator, activator, actuator, administrator, agitator, alligator, allocator, alternator, animator, applicator, appropriator, arbitrator, aviator, carburetor, cogenerator, collaborator, commentator, communicator, conciliator, consolidator, coordinator, decorator, demonstrator, denominator, detonator, evaporator, excavator, exterminator, fabricator, facilitator, generator, gladiator, illuminator, illustrator, imitator, incinerator, incubator, indicator, infiltrator, innovator, instigator, integrator, interrogator, investigator, irrigator, liquidator, litigator, locator, mediator, Moderator, navigator, negotiator, operator, originator, perpetrator, radiator, refrigerator, renovator, respirator, syndicator, Terminator. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-l-o-r-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: outglare. | |
-2 letters: garrote, gloater, grouter, legator, outrage, realtor, regular, relator, tegular, torulae. | |
-3 letters: aerugo, arguer, galore, gaoler, garote, garret, garter, gelato, grater, larger, legato, orgeat, outage, ragout, retral, router, rugate, rugola, tergal, torula, tourer, turgor. | |
-4 letters: aglet, alert, algor, alter, argle, argol, argot, argue, artel, auger, ergot, erugo, gator, gault, glare, gloat, glout, gluer. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-l-o-r-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: regulators, regulatory. | |
+3 letters: grossularite, overregulate, reregulation. | |
+4 letters: expurgatorial, grossularites, gubernatorial, overregulated, overregulates, reformulating, reregulations, stereoregular. | |
+5 letters: antiregulatory, conglomerateur, osmoregulatory, overregulating, overregulation, preformulating, pyrometallurgy, regularization, thermoregulate. | |
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