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What (who) is Regulator - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Regulators; Regulator (disambiguation)
regulator
(regulators)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
A regulator is a person or organization appointed by a government to regulate an area of activity such as banking or industry.
An independent regulator will be appointed to ensure fair competition.
N-COUNT
• regulatory
...the UK's financial regulatory system.
ADJ: ADJ n
Regulator
·noun One who, or that which, regulates.
II. Regulator ·noun A clock, or other timepiece, used as a standard of correct time. ·see Astronomical clock (a), under Clock.
III. Regulator ·noun 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.
IV. Regulator ·noun 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.
Regulator (sternwheeler)
![Steamer Regulator wrecked at the [[Cascades Rapids]], July 12, 1898.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Steamer Regulator wrecked at Cascades 1898.jpg?width=200 "Steamer Regulator wrecked at the [[Cascades Rapids]], July 12, 1898.")
STERNWHEEL-DRIVEN STEAMBOAT
Regulator was a sternwheel-driven steamboat built in 1891 which operated on the Columbia River until 1906, when it was destroyed by explosion which killed two of its crew, while on the ways undergoing an overhaul at St. Johns, Oregon.
Examples of use of Regulator
1. The regulator in Israel is not acting as a regulator.
2. Loyola de Palacio, Former EC vice–president and energy commissioner Antonio Cardoso e Cunha, Former EU energy commissioner Christos Papoutsis, Former EU energy commissioner Ignacio Perez–Arriaga, Former Spanish energy regulator Jacques de Jong, Former Dutch energy regulator Jorge Vasconcelos, Former chairman, Council of European Energy Regulators Pantelis Capros, Former Greek energy regulator Peter Kaderjak, Former Hungarian energy regulator Pippo Ranci, Former Italian energy regulator Vicente Lopez–Ibor, Former Spanish energy regulator
3. The telecom regulator had already removed rentals.
4. Both emirates have an independent market regulator.
5. Isvap, the insurance regulator, the Bank of Italy, markets regulator Consob and the Milan stock exchange must all approve the plan.