regulator

[US]/ˈreɡjuleɪtə(r)/
[UK]/ˈreɡjuleɪtər/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. adjuster; calibrator; timer

Phrases & Collocations

voltage regulator

air regulator

fuel regulator

growth regulator

speed regulator

pressure regulator

current regulator

switching regulator

temperature regulator

gas regulator

electronic regulator

flow regulator

window regulator

automatic voltage regulator

power regulator

regulator valve

linear regulator

Example Sentences

Always depressurize a regulator before closing the adjusting knob and removing the regulator from the cylinder.

banking regulators; price regulators.

National regulators are are losing theirpower to block cross-barder deals.

Oil pump speed regulation technology and the general principle for speed regulator slection are intro-duced.

The amine cake is an organic bentonite used as the rheological regulator for thickening oils,made from long-carbochain quaternary ammonium salt.

Like eukaryotes, but unlike bacteria, they have introns in their transfer RNA, but like bacteria they have polycistronic operons (gene regulators).

The cuttage breeding for the hardwood and greenwood of American rabbiteye blueberry were taken in different media after the treatment in different plant growth regulator and concentration.

Cyclophos phamide by the current-limiting resistor R6 and voltage regulator tube VZ components, the UB voltage for the unijunction transistor VU DC power supply.

The designers of these circuits based them on the same concept: a fully integrated, single-die-IC switching regulator and a micropower operational amplifier.

Abstract: Phospholamban (PLB) is a prominent regulator of myocardial contractility and a reversible inhibitor of the cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase activity.

His defense, which seems credible on the evidence so far, is that the bank masked its skullduggery so completely that no regulator anywhere in the world could get a handle on it.

Financial regulators in the Caribbean have taken control of an Antiguan Bank owned by Allen Stanford who's been served with legal papers in the United States relating to alleged fraud.

Real-world Examples

Size is the most underappreciated regulator of living things.

Source: 2017 Hot Selected Compilation

A hedge fund like mine is a market regulator.

Source: Billions Season 1

Experts urge health regulators to approve 'turning point' dementia drugs.

Source: Learn English by following hot topics.

And we happened to be the regional regulators for it.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) April 2014 Collection

Proposals will be published to establish an independent regulator of English football.

Source: Collection of Speeches by the British Royal Family

Russia's state-run Gamaleya Institute accused the regulator of knowingly spreading false information.

Source: BBC Listening Collection May 2021

Pfizer is asking U.S. health regulators to authorize an updated COVID-19 vaccine booster.

Source: VOA Daily Standard September 2022 Collection

Bolsonaro says the start date for vaccinations depends on approval by Brazil's regulator.

Source: CRI Online December 2020 Collection

Regulators busted them, and almost busted up the company.

Source: Economic Crash Course

The big obstacle to any deal would be regulators.

Source: NPR News June 2014 Compilation

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