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noun

Regulator n.

One who, or that which, regulates.

(Mach.) 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.

A clock, or other timepiece, used as a standard of correct time. See Astronomical clock (a), under Clock.

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. (U.S.) "A few stood neutral, or declared in favor of the Regulators."

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— Rodney Stone • Arthur Conan Doyle

... inane Wise regulator, Number holds the reins Of those indomitable steeds; Number has set a bit i' the foaming mouths Of these Leviathans, and with nervous hand Controls them in their ...

— Fabre, Poet of Science • Dr. G.V. (C.V.) Legros

... embarrassment walked through the 14-inch brick wall of the great building which contained it, to the terror of the superintendent and workmen, who expected every instant that the roof above their heads would fall in and extinguish them. In consequence of the spindle of the regulator having got out of its socket the very same accident occurred shortly afterwards with another engine, which, in like manner, walked through another portion of this 14-inch wall of the stable that contained it, just as a thorough-bred horse would have walked out of the door. And if such be the irresistible ...

— Railway Adventures and Anecdotes - extending over more than fifty years • Various

... regulators or monophotes. Lamps through whose regulating mechanism the whole current passes. These are only adapted to work singly; if several are placed in series on the same circuit, the action of one regulator interferes with that of the ...

— The Standard Electrical Dictionary - A Popular Dictionary of Words and Terms Used in the Practice - of Electrical Engineering • T. O'Conor Slone

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