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regulator::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | governor |
| Type of | control, controller |
| Has types | flywheel, timer |
regulator::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | functionary, official |
| Derivation | regulate |
regulator::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | control, controller |
| Has types | floodgate, head gate, peg, penstock, petcock, register, relief valve, safety valve, sluice valve, sluicegate, spigot, thermoregulator, thermostat, aperture, water gate, ball cock, ballcock, draft, escape, escape cock, escape valve, faucet |
| Derivation | regulate |
Examples of regulator
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The new bank regulator will be Ed Splichal, a retired Belleville bank president.
From the kansas.com
Congress abolished the Office of Thrift Supervision, which was a weak regulator.
From the timesunion.com
In California, a regulator cannot reject premium increases for health insurance.
From the kentucky.com
It was Labour that brought in the embryonic commercial health regulator Monitor.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The sale comes shortly after the regulator criticised some heating oil websites.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Finra is the Washington-based independent regulator for the securities industry.
From the bloomberg.com
This isn't to say that the Fed should necessary be the only regulator out there.
From the theatlantic.com
Four years ago, the nomadic habits of a top state regulator briefly became news.
From the denverpost.com
The air is released through a standard scuba fitting with a high-flow regulator.
From the sciencedaily.com
- 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
- Governor: a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel)
- In automatic control, a regulator is a device which has the function of maintaining a designated characteristic. It performs the activity of managing or maintaining a range of values in a machine. ...
- Economic regulators are usually the agencies established by central government for the control of or intervention in the operation of markets, according to public interest principles and criteria.
- In mathematics, Dirichlet's unit theorem is a basic result in algebraic number theory due to Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet. It determines the rank of the group of units in the ring O'K of algebraic integers of a number field K. ...
- (Regulators (Competition)) A competition regulator is a government agency, typically a statutory authority, sometimes called an economic regulator, which regulates and enforces competition laws, and may sometimes also enforce consumer protection laws. ...
- (The Regulators) The Regulators is a novel by Stephen King under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. It was published in 1996 at the same time as its "mirror" novel, Desperation. ...
- A device that controls or limits something; A person or group that sets standards of practice, especially those established by law; A very accurate clock, used by clockmakers to measure the timekeeping of each newly made clock
