regulator

Signification (Anglais)

1. A device that controls or limits something.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) A device that controls or limits something.
3. A person or group that sets standards of practice, especially regulatory law as sanctioned by statutory law.
4. A very accurate clock, used by clockmakers to measure the timekeeping of each newly made clock.
5. A gene involved in controlling the expression of one or more other genes.
6. A device that controls the supply of steam to the cylinders of a steam locomotive.
7. (historical) Synonym of bulldozer (“member of intimidating group of white US Southerners”).
8. A positive real number determining the density of the units in Dirichlet's unit theorem.

Concepts

régulateur

gouverneur

législateur

régulation

régie

autorité de contrôle

Synonymes

governor

controller

adjuster

throttle

director

conditioner

counsel

modifier

modulator

placeholder

replenisher

representative

stabilizer

trimmer

accommodator

reg

adjusting device

control apparatus

conditioning agent

actuator

adjusting instrument

agent

attorneyship

buffer

business agent

compensator

Traductions

regulador

regolatore

regulador

Regler

regulador

ρυθμιστής

ρυθμιστήρας

Regulierer

controllo automatico della velocità

slinger

regulateur

regelaar

agência regulatória

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɹɛɡ.jʊ.leɪ.tə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From regulate + -or.