regulator

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

slinger

regulateur

regelaar

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

regulador

regolatore

régulateur

regulador

regulador

Regler

ρυθμιστής

ρυθμιστήρας

Regulierer

autorité de contrôle

correttore

racchetta

variatore

controllo automatico della velocità

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈɹɛɡ.jʊ.leɪ.tə/

Etymologie (Engels)

From regulate + -or.