Word Meanings - REGULATOR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A contrivance for regulating and controlling motion, as: The lever or index in a watch, which controls the effective length of the hairspring, and thus regulates the vibrations of the balance. The governor of a steam engine. A valve

Additional info about word: REGULATOR

A contrivance for regulating and controlling motion, as: The lever or index in a watch, which controls the effective length of the hairspring, and thus regulates the vibrations of the balance. The governor of a steam engine. A valve for controlling the admission of steam to the steam chest, in a locomotive. 3. A clock, or other timepiece, used as a standard of correct time. See Astronomical clock , under Clock. 4. 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. A few stood neutral, or declared in favor of the Regulators. Bancroft. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, regulates.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of REGULATOR)

• Moderator
• chairman
• regulator
• conductor
• manager
• president

Related words: (words related to REGULATOR)

• PRESIDENT
  Precedent. Bacon.
• MODERATOR
  1. One who, or that which, moderates, restrains, or pacifies. Sir W. Raleigh. Angling was ... a moderator of passions. Walton. 2. The officer who presides over an assembly to preserve order, propose questions, regulate the proceedings, and declare
• MANAGERY
  1. Management; manner of using; conduct; direction. 2. Husbandry; economy; frugality. Bp. Burnet.
• MODERATORSHIP
  The office of a moderator.
• CONDUCTOR
  The leader or director of an orchestra or chorus. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, conducts; a leader; a commander; a guide; a manager; a director. Zeal, the blind conductor of the will. Dryden. 2. One in charge of a public conveyance, as
• CHAIRMAN
  1. The presiding officer of a committee, or of a public or private meeting, or of any organized body. 2. One whose business it is to cary a chair or sedan. Breaks watchmen's heads and chairmen's glasses. Prior.
• CHAIRMANSHIP
  The office of a chairman of a meeting or organized body.
• MANAGERIAL
  Of or pertaining to management or a manager; as, managerial qualities. "Managerial responsibility." C. Bronté.
• CONDUCTORY
  Having the property of conducting.
• PRESIDENTIAL
  1. Presiding or watching over. "Presidential angels." Glanvill. 2. Of or pertaining to a president; as, the presidential chair; a presidential election.
• PRESIDENTSHIP
  The office and dignity of president; presidency. Hooker.
• REGULATOR
  A contrivance for regulating and controlling motion, as: The lever or index in a watch, which controls the effective length of the hairspring, and thus regulates the vibrations of the balance. The governor of a steam engine. A valve
• MANAGERSHIP
  The office or position of a manager.
• MANAGER
  1. One who manages; a conductor or director; as, the manager of a theater. A skillful manager of the rabble. South. 2. A person who conducts business or household affairs with economy and frugality; a good economist. A prince of great aspiring
• MISMANAGER
  One who manages ill.
• RADIOCONDUCTOR
  A substance or device that has its conductivity altered in some way by electric waves, as a coherer.
• THERMOREGULATOR
  A device for the automatic regulation of temperature; a thermostat.
• NONCONDUCTOR
  A substance which does not conduct, that is, convey or transmit, heat, electricity, sound, vibration, or the like, or which transmits them with difficulty; an insulator; as, wool is a nonconductor of heat; glass and dry wood are nonconductors of
• STAGE MANAGER
  One in control of the stage during the production of a play. He directs the stage hands, property man, etc., has charge of all details behind the curtain, except the acting, and has a general oversight of the actors. Sometimes he is also the stage