# regulator
## English
### Etymology

From regulate +‎ -or.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈɹɛɡ.jʊ.leɪ.tə/, /ˈɹɛɡ.jə.leɪ.tə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ˈɹɛɡ.ju.leɪ.tɚ/, /ˈɹɛɡ.jə.leɪ.tɚ/

### Noun

regulator (plural regulators)
* A device that controls or limits something.
    Coordinate terms: governor, modulator, attenuator, synchronizer
    The voltage regulator stopped working and the resulting overload destroyed the device.
* A person or group that sets standards of practice, especially regulatory law as sanctioned by statutory law.
    Hypernym: lawmaker
    Coordinate term: legislator
** 2021 June 15, Suzanne Rust, “A problem Silicon Valley can’t solve: Drought, quake risk”, in Los Angeles Times‎, Nant Capital, LLC:[…] in part because a key county reservoir had to been drained to reduce earthquake risks highlighted by federal regulators.
* A very accurate clock, used by clockmakers to measure the timekeeping of each newly made clock.
* (genetics) A gene involved in controlling the expression of one or more other genes.
* (rail transport) A device that controls the supply of steam to the cylinders of a steam locomotive.
** 1961 March, Balmore, “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 146: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.
** 2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 42: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.
* (historical) A bulldozer (member of intimidating group of white US Southerners).

#### Derived terms

* acidity regulator
* autoregulator
* battery regulator
* bioregulator
* coregulator
* deregulator
* dysregulator
* hyporegulator
* immunoregulator
* mechanoregulator
* metalloregulator
* microregulator
* mucoregulator
* multiregulator
* neuroregulator
* oncoregulator
* osmoregulator
* oxyregulator
* phosphoregulator
* photoregulator
* phytoregulator
* regulatorship
* regulatress
* riboregulator
* superregulator
* thermoregulator
* transregulator
* vasoregulator
* voltage regulator

#### Related terms

* rector
* regimen
* regiment
* régime
* region
* regular
* regulate
* regulation
* rule

#### Translations
### Further reading

* “regulator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “regulator”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
* “regulator”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Internationalism

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /re.ɡu.ˈla.tɔr/
* Rhymes: -tɔr
* Hyphenation: re‧gu‧la‧tor

### Noun

regulator (plural regulator-regulator)
* regulator:
** a device that controls or limits something
    Synonyms: pembatas, pengatur
** a person or group that sets standards of practice, especially those established by law
    Synonym: pengatur
    Synonym: pengawal selia (Standard Malay)
** a very accurate clock, used by clockmakers to measure the timekeeping of each newly made clock
** (genetics) a gene involved in controlling the expression of one or more other genes

#### Related terms

* regulasi

### Further reading

* “regulator” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Latin
### Verb

rēgulātor
* second/third-person singular future passive imperative of rēgulō

## Polish
### Etymology

Internationalism; compare English regulator, French régulateur, German Regulator, ultimately from Latin rēgulō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rɛ.ɡuˈla.tɔr/
* Rhymes: -atɔr
* Syllabification: re‧gu‧la‧tor

### Noun

regulator m inan
* regulator (device which controls or regulates)
* regulator (person or group that sets standards of practice)

#### Derived terms

* na cały regulator

### Further reading

* regulator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* regulator in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French régulateur or German Regulator. By surface analysis, regula +‎ -tor.

#### Adjective

regulator m or n (feminine singular regulatoare, masculine plural regulatori, feminine and neuter plural regulatoare)
* regulating

##### Declension
#### Noun

regulator m (plural regulatori)
* regulator

##### Declension
### Etymology 2
#### Noun

regulator n (plural regulatoare)
* controller