Regulator
['regjʊleɪtə] or ['rɛɡjuletɚ]
Definition
(noun.) any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc..
(noun.) an official responsible for control and supervision of a particular activity or area of public interest.
Edited by Lizzie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, regulates.
(n.) A contrivance for regulating and controlling motion, as: (a) The lever or index in a watch, which controls the effective length of the hairspring, and thus regulates the vibrations of the balance. (b) The governor of a steam engine. (c) A valve for controlling the admission of steam to the steam chest, in a locomotive.
(n.) A clock, or other timepiece, used as a standard of correct time. See Astronomical clock (a), under Clock.
(n.) A member of a volunteer committee which, in default of the lawful authority, undertakes to preserve order and prevent crimes; also, sometimes, one of a band organized for the comission of violent crimes.
Editor: Moll
Examples
- Among these first came the gas meter and pressure regulator. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He obtained the desired speed and load with a friction brake; also regulator of speed; but waited for an indicator to verify it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Both kinds are provided with a regulator in the form of a turn-cock, weight, or spring valve to regulate and control the flow of water and to make it continuous. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- With a slight increase in the current, the lamp melts in the twinkling of an eye, and in practice the regulator is found to short-circuit the current too late to prevent the damage. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The gas regulator is simply a little automatic apparatus whereby the variation of pressure in the gas main is reduced and the flow rendered perfectly uniform at the burner. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Such an apparatus is called a _regulator_, and the variety of regulators is very great. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In late years automatic regulators have been provided for accomplishing this result. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The French were among the first to contrive such regulators,--Duboscq, Foucault, Serrin, Houdin, and Lontin invented most useful forms of such apparatus. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Such an apparatus is called a _regulator_, and the variety of regulators is very great. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Regulators for dynamos and motors. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is stored under a pressure sometimes as high as 150 pounds to the inch, its pressure being reduced at the burners through the agency of pressure regulators. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Editor: Martin