regulator

  • 11Regulator — Regulator, im Maschinenwesen jener wichtige Theil einer Maschine, durch dessen Spiel die Ungleichförmigkeiten der meist stoßweise wirkenden Triebkraft ausgeglichen werden, der also den regelmäßigen, gleichförmigen Gang der Maschine bedingt. Es… …

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  • 12regulator — reg·u·la·tor / re gyə ˌlā tər/ n: one (as a government agency) that regulates Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 13regulator — 1650s, agent noun in Latin form from REGULATE (Cf. regulate). In English history, from 1680s; in American history, from 1767, applied to local posses that kept order (or disturbed it) in rural regions. As a clock or watch used to set the time of… …

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  • 14regulator — [reg′yə lāt΄ər] n. [ML] a person or thing that regulates; specif., a) a mechanism for controlling or governing the movement of machinery, the flow of liquids, gases, electricity, steam, etc.; governor b) the part of the works of a watch or clock… …

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  • 15regulator — A government agency, or a self regulated body, that sets the rules for the regulation of the market, as well as the relationship between the different parties in the market. Euroclear Clearing and Settlement glossary * * * regulator reg‧u‧la‧tor… …

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  • 16regulátor — ja m (ȃ) 1. naprava, s katero se regulira delovanje, količina, stopnja česa, ravnalo: popraviti regulator; regulator hitrosti, temperature; deli regulatorja / avtomatični, ročni regulator / obrniti, zavrteti regulator gumb, vzvod take naprave ♦… …

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  • 17regulator — Any device which controls fluid (gas or liquid) flow, pressure, temperature, voltage, etc. See acetylene regulator current regulator height regulator oxygen regulator pressure regulator valve pressure regulator system pressure regulator voltage… …

    Dictionary of automotive terms

  • 18Regulator — Der Ausdruck Regulator bezeichnet etwas, das das Regeln ermöglicht. Der Begriff wird verwendet: in der Biochemie: für ein Regulatorgen in der US Geschichte: für Angehörige einer Art des Volksgerichts; siehe: Regulator (Recht) für eine… …

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  • 19regulator — [[t]re̱gjʊleɪtə(r)[/t]] ♦♦♦ regulators 1) N COUNT A regulator is a person or organization appointed by a government to regulate an area of activity such as banking or industry. Congress is being asked to investigate why it took so long for… …

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  • 20regulator — m IV, D. a, Ms. regulatororze; lm M. y 1. «urządzenie samoczynne utrzymujące określone, wymagane warunki przebiegu jakiegoś procesu, pracy maszyny itp.» Regulator samoczynny. Regulator powietrza, temperatury. ∆ pot. Na cały regulator «do… …

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