Regulator
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Regulator may refer to:
- Regulator (automatic control)Regulator (automatic control)In automatic control, a regulator is a device which has the function of maintaining a designated characteristic. It performs the activity of managing or maintaining a range of values in a machine. The measurable property of a device is managed closely by specified conditions or an advance set...
, a device that maintains a designated characteristic- Battery regulator
- Pressure regulatorPressure regulatorA pressure regulator is a valve that automatically cuts off the flow of a liquid or gas at a certain pressure. Regulators are used to allow high-pressure fluid supply lines or tanks to be reduced to safe and/or usable pressures for various applications....
- Diving regulatorDiving regulatorA diving regulator is a pressure regulator used in scuba or surface supplied diving equipment that reduces pressurized breathing gas to ambient pressure and delivers it to the diver. The gas may be air or one of a variety of specially blended breathing gases...
- Voltage regulatorVoltage regulatorA voltage regulator is an electrical regulator designed to automatically maintain a constant voltage level. A voltage regulator may be a simple "feed-forward" design or may include negative feedback control loops. It may use an electromechanical mechanism, or electronic components...
- Regulator (economics)Regulator (economics)Economic regulators are usually the agencies established by central government for the control of or intervention in the operation of markets, according to public interest principles and criteria....
, an agency established by central government for the control of or intervention in the operation of markets - Regulator geneRegulator geneA regulator gene, regulator, or regulatory gene is a gene involved in controlling the expression of one or more other genes. A regulator gene may encode a protein, or it may work at the level of RNA, as in the case of genes encoding microRNAs....
, a gene involved in controlling the expression of one or more other genes - Regulatory agency or Regulator, an agency responsible for exercising autonomous authority over some area of human activity
- Regulator, a precision pendulum clockPendulum clockA pendulum clock is a clock that uses a pendulum, a swinging weight, as its timekeeping element. The advantage of a pendulum for timekeeping is that it is a resonant device; it swings back and forth in a precise time interval dependent on its length, and resists swinging at other rates...
- originally used as a time-standard for adjusting or regulating other clocks and watches - Regulator, an auxiliary physics concept used in regularizationRegularization (physics)-Introduction:In physics, especially quantum field theory, regularization is a method of dealing with infinite, divergent, and non-sensical expressions by introducing an auxiliary concept of a regulator...
- Regulator (mathematics), a positive real number used in Dirichlet's unit theorem
- Regulator, British term for a steam engine's throttleThrottleA throttle is the mechanism by which the flow of a fluid is managed by constriction or obstruction. An engine's power can be increased or decreased by the restriction of inlet gases , but usually decreased. The term throttle has come to refer, informally and incorrectly, to any mechanism by which...
- Regulators, components of Uilleann pipesUilleann pipesThe uilleann pipes or //; ) are the characteristic national bagpipe of Ireland, their current name, earlier known in English as "union pipes", is a part translation of the Irish-language term píobaí uilleann , from their method of inflation.The bag of the uilleann pipes is inflated by means of a...
, a form of bagpipes
Music and literature
- The RegulatorsThe RegulatorsThe Regulators is a novel by Stephen King under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. It was published in 1996 at the same time as its "mirror" novel, Desperation. The two novels represent parallel universes relative to one another, and most of the characters present in one novel's world also exist in the...
, a novel by Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman - "The Regulator", a song by Clutch from Blast TyrantBlast TyrantBlast Tyrant is the sixth full-length studio album by the American stoner rock band Clutch. It was released in 2004, and contains 15 tracks. The unabridged title of the album is Blast Tyrant's Atlas of the Invisible World Including Illustrations of Strange Beasts And Phantoms.A reissue of the album...
- "Regulator", a song by Devin TownsendDevin TownsendDevin Garret Townsend is a Canadian musician and record producer. He was the founder, songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist in extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad from 1994 to 2007 and has had an extensive career as a solo artist....
from Ocean Machine: BiomechOcean Machine: BiomechOcean Machine: Biomech is the second studio album by Canadian musician Devin Townsend. The album was released in July 1997 on Townsend's label, HevyDevy Records.-Background:...
Groups of people
- Regulator, the former name for a member of the Royal Navy Police
- Regulator, a faction in the War of the RegulationWar of the RegulationThe War of the Regulation was a North Carolina uprising, lasting from approximately 1760 to 1771, in which citizens took up arms against corrupt colonial officials...
(1760-1771) - Regulator, a member of the Shaysites, followers of Daniel Shays during Shays' Rebellion (1786)
- Regulator, a faction in the Regulator–Moderator War (1839-1844)
- Regulator, a vigilante organized in response to the Banditti of the PrairieBanditti of the PrairieThe Banditti of the Prairie also, known as "The Prairie Bandits," "Pirates of the Prairie," "Prairie Pirates," or simply "The Banditti," in the U.S. state of Illinois, were a group of loose-knit outlaw gangs during the early-mid-19th century...
(1835-1848) - Regulator, a member of the Lincoln County RegulatorsLincoln County RegulatorsThe Lincoln County Regulators was a deputized posse in Lincoln County, New Mexico during the Lincoln County War, consisting of a dozen or so members who wanted revenge for the killing of their boss, John Tunstall...
, deputized posse during the Lincoln County War (1878) - Regulator, a member of Bravo Company, Third Battalion of Navy Provisional Detainee Battalion TWONavy Provisional Detainee Battalion TWONavy Provisional Detainee Battalion TWO is a United States Navy task force of 422 active duty and Naval Reserve Sailors formed May 1, 2006 for the purpose of combat duties in Iraq.- Overview :...