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Word - rootword - affixes
regulador - regular - <r~-dor~
ri.gu.la.dur. - 4 syllables

<r = regula
-dor = regulador
regulador

regulador : regulator (n.)
regular : regular (adj.); regulate (v.)
[ Etymology: Spanish: regular: regulate ]

Derivatives of regular


Glosses:
regulator
n. (artifact)1. regulatorany of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc..
~ aperturea device that controls amount of light admitted.
~ ball cock, ballcockfloating ball that controls level in a water tank.
~ controller, controla mechanism that controls the operation of a machine.; "the speed controller on his turntable was not working properly"; "I turned the controls over to her"
~ drafta regulator for controlling the flow of air in a fireplace.
~ faucet, spigota regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir.
~ pegregulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument.
~ petcockregulator consisting of a small cock or faucet or valve for letting out air or releasing compression or draining.
~ registera regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device.
~ escape cock, escape valve, relief valve, safety valve, escapea valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level.
~ head gate, penstock, sluice valve, sluicegate, water gate, floodgateregulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice.
~ thermoregulator, thermostata regulator for automatically regulating temperature by starting or stopping the supply of heat.
n. (person)2. regulatoran official responsible for control and supervision of a particular activity or area of public interest.
~ functionary, officiala worker who holds or is invested with an office.
n. (artifact)3. governor, regulatora control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel).
~ controller, controla mechanism that controls the operation of a machine.; "the speed controller on his turntable was not working properly"; "I turned the controls over to her"
~ flywheelregulator consisting of a heavy wheel that stores kinetic energy and smooths the operation of a reciprocating engine.
~ timera regulator that activates or deactivates a mechanism at set times.
regulate
v. (change)1. modulate, regulatefix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of.; "regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch"
~ adjust, correct, setalter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard.; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels"
v. (social)2. govern, order, regularise, regularize, regulatebring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations.; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate"
~ standardize, standardisecause to conform to standard or norm.; "The weights and measures were standardized"
~ decide, make up one's mind, determinereach, make, or come to a decision about something.; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"
~ district, zoneregulate housing in; of certain areas of towns.
v. (cognition)3. determine, influence, mold, regulate, shapeshape or influence; give direction to.; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion"
~ dispose, inclinemake receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief.; "Their language inclines us to believe them"
~ disincline, indisposemake unwilling.
~ miscreateshape or form or make badly.; "Our miscreated fantasies"
~ carry weighthave influence to a specified degree.; "Her opinion carries a lot of weight"
~ decideinfluence or determine.; "The vote in New Hampshire often decides the outcome of the Presidential election"
~ reshapeshape anew or differently.; "The new foreign minister reshaped the foreign policy of his country"
~ timeset the speed, duration, or execution of.; "we time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely"
~ indexadjust through indexation.; "The government indexes wages and prices"
~ paceregulate or set the pace of.; "Pace your efforts"
~ predeterminedetermine beforehand.
~ cause, do, makegive rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally.; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident"
v. (change)4. baffle, regulatecheck the emission of (sound).
~ confine, limit, throttle, restrain, trammel, bound, restrictplace limits on (extent or access).; "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"