Definition of regulators:
(n) :
A device that controls or limits something.
(n) :
A person or group that sets standards of practice, especially regulatory law as sanctioned by statutory law.
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(rail transport) A device that controls the supply of steam to the cylinders of a steam locomotive.
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A very accurate clock, used by clockmakers to measure the timekeeping of each newly made clock.
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(genetics) A gene involved in controlling the expression of one or more other genes.
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(mathematics) A positive real number determining the density of the units in Dirichlet's unit theorem.