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   regulator

   /ˈrɛɡjʊleɪtə/

   noun

   • 1. a person or thing that regulates something.
   • ▪ a person or body that supervises a particular industry or business activity: "regulators of privatized utilities"
   • ▪ a device for controlling the rate of working of machinery or for controlling fluid flow, in particular a handle controlling the supply of steam to the cylinders of a steam engine: "the driver had opened the regulator to ease forward"
   • ▪ a device for adjusting the balance of a clock or watch in order to regulate its speed.

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