regulator
/ˈɹɛɡ.ju.leɪ.tɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.62 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person or group that sets standards of practice, especially regulatory law as sanctioned by statutory law.
noun
A very accurate clock, used by clockmakers to measure the timekeeping of each newly made clock.
noun
A gene involved in controlling the expression of one or more other genes.
noun
Synonym of bulldozer (“member of intimidating group of white US Southerners”).
noun
A positive real number determining the density of the units in Dirichlet's unit theorem.
Example Sentences
- "The regulator stopped working and the resulting overvoltage destroyed the device."
- "[…]in part because a key county reservoir had to been^([sic]) drained to reduce earthquake risks highlighted by federal regulators."
- "Driver G. A. Rowett, of the North Eastern Region's Neville Hill shed, now joined the locomotive as pilotman, and actually took over the regulator, Fireman Wheddon continuing to fire."
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
From regulate + -or.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɹɛɡ.ju.leɪ.tɚ/
- British English: /ˈɹɛɡ.jʊ.leɪ.tə/