Definitions for regulator
regulator
reg·u·la·tor
Spelling: [reg-yuh-ley-ter]
IPA: /ˈrɛg yəˌleɪ tər/
Regulator is a 9 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.
You can make 403 anagrams from letters in regulator (aeglorrtu).
Definitions for regulator
noun
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a person or thing that regulates.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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a device for maintaining a constant gas pressure.
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(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.
Origin of regulator
First recorded in 1645-55; regulate + -or2
Examples for regulator
But the regulator had the start of him, and the pursuit was useless.
Work thus became the great law, the regulator of the living universe.
The station is already serving two five-year license probations after serious breaches of the Australian regulator's code.
He insisted on taking back the watch, which ever after he used as a regulator.
The station 2Day FM is already serving two five-year license probations after serious breaches of the Australian regulator's code.
She is the regulator, the main-spring, the center around which all else revolves.
After that, he said, “you can worry about whether or not a regulator did his job at the height of the crisis.”
A regulator is subject to the influence of the times and of those being regulated.
I said you had been to have a talk with Scott about 'regulator;' was I far off the mark?
When a regulator could be staffed by shills for the industry it was supposed to oversee, it was.