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noun

Regulator n.

One who, or that which, regulates.

(Mach.) A contrivance for regulating and controlling motion, as:

(a)

The lever or index in a watch, which controls the effective length of the hairspring, and thus regulates the vibrations of the balance.

(b)

The governor of a steam engine.

(c)

A valve for controlling the admission of steam to the steam chest, in a locomotive.

A clock, or other timepiece, used as a standard of correct time. See Astronomical clock (a), under Clock.

A member of a volunteer committee which, in default of the lawful authority, undertakes to preserve order and prevent crimes; also, sometimes, one of a band organized for the comission of violent crimes. (U.S.) "A few stood neutral, or declared in favor of the Regulators."

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... Superior Court at Hillsborough, September 22, 1770, an elaborate petition prepared by the Regulators, demanding unprejudiced juries and the public accounting for taxes by the sheriffs, was handed to the presiding justice by James Hunter, a leading Regulator. This justice was our acquaintance, Judge Richard Henderson, of Granville County, the sole high officer in the provincial government from the entire western section of the colony. In this petition occur these trenchant words: "As we are serious and in good earnest and the cause respects the whole ...

— The Conquest of the Old Southwest • Archibald Henderson

... return you your money." "I would not part with my watch," said the man, "for ten times the sum I paid for it." "And I would not break my word for any consideration," replied Graham; so he paid the money and took the watch, which he used as a regulator. ...

— Pushing to the Front • Orison Swett Marden

... ship," examined every screw and bolt and inspected our bombs and fuses. These "cough drops" were radish-shaped shells, each weighing thirty-one pounds; and were fired from an apparatus which could be worked by the pilot and which carried a regulator showing height and speed of the machine. Fair accuracy could ...

— The Sequel - What the Great War will mean to Australia • George A. Taylor

... injector, and the two ash-pan door handles in which there are notches for regulating the air admission. Each alteration in the position of the reversing lever or screw, as well as in the degree of opening of the steam regulator or the blast pipe, requires a corresponding alteration of the fire. Generally the driver generally passes the word when he intends shutting off steam, so that the alteration in the firing can be effected before the ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884 • Various

... pain and continues its course, paying no heed to the painful reminiscence, or it contrives to occupy the painful memory in such a manner as to preclude the liberation of pain. We may reject the first possibility, as the principle of pain also manifests itself as a regulator for the emotional discharge of the second system; we are, therefore, directed to the second possibility, namely, that this system occupies a reminiscence in such a manner as to inhibit its discharge and hence, also, to ...

— Dream Psychology - Psychoanalysis for Beginners • Sigmund Freud

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