regulator

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Synonyms: regulato, regular, regulation, regulate, emulator, revelator, deregulator, regulatory, regulated, relator, peculator

Antonyms: regulato, regular, regulation, regulate, emulator, revelator, deregulator, regulatory, regulated, relator, peculator

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. A device that [[control]]s or [[limit]]s something.
2. A person or group that sets standards of practice, especially [[regulatory]] law as sanctioned by [[statutory]] law.
3. A very accurate clock, used by clockmakers to measure the timekeeping of each newly made clock.
4. {{lb|en|genetics}} A gene involved in controlling the expression of one or more other genes.
5. {{lb|en|rail transport}} A device that [[control]]s the supply of [[steam]] to the [[cylinder]]s of a [[steam locomotive]].
6. {{lb|en|historical}} {{syn of|en|bulldozer||member of intimidating group of white US Southerners}}.
7. {{lb|en|math}} A [[positive]] [[real number]] determining the [[density]] of the [[unit]]s in [[Dirichlet's unit theorem]].
8. {{short for|en|diving regulator}}.

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