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regulator
[ reg-yuh-ley-ter ]
noun
- a person or thing that regulates.
- Horology.
- an adjustable device in a clock or a watch for making it go faster or slower.
- a master clock, usually of great accuracy, against which other clocks are checked.
- Machinery.
- a governor mechanism for regulating the flow of fuel, steam, etc., to an engine in order to maintain constant speed under varying load or resistance.
- a valve for regulating the pressure of flowing gas or liquid to maintain a predetermined pressure.
- any of various mechanisms for maintaining a temperature, a level of liquid in a tank, etc.
- Electricity. a device for maintaining a designated characteristic, as voltage or current, at a predetermined value, or for varying it according to a predetermined plan.
- a device on scuba equipment for regulating the rate at which compressed air is fed through a breathing tube in proportion to the depth of water.
- a device for maintaining a constant gas pressure.
- (initial capital letter) American History.
- a member of any of several bands or committees in North Carolina (1767–71), formed to resist certain abuses, as extortion by officials.
- (in newly settled areas) a member of any band or committee organized to preserve order before the establishment of regular legal authority.
regulator
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noun
- a person or thing that regulates
- the mechanism, including the hairspring and the balance wheel, by which the speed of a timepiece is regulated
- a timepiece, known to be accurate, by which others are timed and regulated
- any of various mechanisms or devices, such as a governor valve, for controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, voltage, etc
- Also calledregulator gene a gene the product of which controls the synthesis of a product from another gene
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Experts and regulators are at pains to point out that investments can go down as well as up, and urge people not to put everything into one investment, but to diversify.
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A regulator will be set up to help enforce the rules.
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It’s up to them and other regulators to protect the American people from the crime that pervades this industry.
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The bankruptcy filing, and advice from state regulators that customers should withdraw their data from 23andMe, is almost certain to reduce that willingness.
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Both Geiers ran afoul of medical regulators in Maryland, their home state.
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