English Dictionary

regulator

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɹɛɡ.jʊ.leɪt.ə/

名詞

歴史的

A device that controls or limits something. / A person or group that sets standards of practice, especially those established by law.

日本語の意味

物事の動作や状態を制御・制限する装置 / （特に法律に基づいて）基準や規則を定める人物または集団

The regulator on the gas line prevented dangerous pressure spikes during the winter storm.

冬の嵐の間、ガス管の調整装置が危険な圧力の急上昇を防いだ。

意味（1）

A device that controls or limits something.

The voltage regulator stopped working and the resulting overload destroyed the device.

意味（2）

A person or group that sets standards of practice, especially those established by law.

[…]in part because a key county reservoir had to been drained to reduce earthquake risks highlighted by federal regulators.

意味（3）

A very accurate clock, used by clockmakers to measure the timekeeping of each newly made clock.

意味（4）

(genetics) A gene involved in controlling the expression of one or more other genes.

意味（5）

(rail transport) A device that controls the supply of steam to the cylinders of a steam locomotive.

To start No. S.002 effectively with a heavy train, one opens the main regulator sufficiently to move the train off very slowly. An excess of regulator opening with the by-pass valve open can cause heavy slipping; if the worst happens, the slipping continues a little longer after the regulator is closed than on an English locomotive.

意味（6）

(historical) A bulldozer (member of intimidating group of white US Southerners).

regulators （ plural ）