Word: regular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English reguler, from Anglo-Norman reguler, Middle French reguler, regulier, and their source, Latin rēgulāris (“continuing rules for guidance”), from rēgula (“rule”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“move in a straight line”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛɡjʊlə/, /ˈɹɛɡjəlɚ/, [ˈɹɛɡjɪ̈lɚ], /ˈɹɛɡl̩ɚ/, [ˈɹɛɡl̩ɚ] 1. Bound by religious rule; belonging to a monastic or religious order (often as opposed to secular). Example: regular clergy, in distinction from the secular clergy Example: A quarter of a million strong in 1680, the clergy was only half as large in 1789. The unpopular regular clergy were the worst affected. 2. Having a constant pattern; showing evenness of form or appearance. 3. Both equilateral and equiangular; having all sides of the same length, and all (corresponding) angles of the same size 4. Whose faces are all congruent regular polygons, equally inclined to each other. 5. Demonstrating a consistent set of rules; showing order, evenness of operation or occurrence. Example: April may be the cruellest month, but I am planning to render it civilised and to take my antibiotics in a regular manner. 6. Of a moon or other satellite: following a relatively close and prograde orbit with little inclination or eccentricity. 7. Well-behaved, orderly; restrained (of a lifestyle etc.). Labels: archaic 8. Happening at constant (especially short) intervals. Example: He made regular visits to go see his mother. 9. Following a set or common pattern; according to the general rules of a given language. Labels: plural Example: "Walked" is the past tense of the regular verb "to walk". 10. Having the expected characteristics or appearances; normal, ordinary, standard. Labels: US Example: “I don’t see how you can write and act such splendid things, Jo. You’re a regular Shakespeare!” exclaimed Beth, who firmly believed that her sisters were gifted with wonderful genius in all things. 11. Permanently organised; being part of a set professional body of troops. 12. Having bowel movements or menstrual periods at constant intervals in the expected way. Example: Maintaining a high-fibre diet keeps you regular. Example: Gulls cawed and wheeled overhead, dropping splatty white cluster bombs on rooftops and pavements. Goodness knows what those gulls eat, but it certainly keeps them regular. 13. Exemplary; excellent example of; utter, downright. Labels: colloquial Example: a regular genius; a regular John Bull Example: Don't worry, boy. We're gonna set you straight. By tomorrow morning, you'll be a regular Burt Reynolds. 14. Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape. Example: a regular flower; a regular sea urchin 15. Isometric. 16. Riding with the left foot forward. 17. Such that every set in its domain is both outer regular and inner regular. Labels: not-comparable 18. Noetherian and such that the minimal number of generators of the maximal ideal is equal to the Krull dimension of the ring. Labels: not-comparable 19. Such that the local ring at every point is regular. Labels: not-comparable 20. A von Neumann regular: such that every left module (over the given ring) is flat. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete