Definitionen
1.NounA device that controls or limits something."The regulator stopped working and the resulting overvoltage destroyed the device."
2.NounEllipsis of voltage regulator."The regulator stopped working and the resulting overvoltage destroyed the device."
3.NounA person or group that sets standards of practice, especially regulatory law as sanctioned by statutory law.
4.NounA very accurate clock, used by clockmakers to measure the timekeeping of each newly made clock.
5.NounA gene involved in controlling the expression of one or more other genes.
6.NounA device that controls the supply of steam to the cylinders of a steam locomotive.
7.NounSynonym of bulldozer (“member of intimidating group of white US Southerners”).
8.NounA positive real number determining the density of the units in Dirichlet's unit theorem.
9.NounShort for diving regulator.