Regulator

(noun.) any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc..

(noun.) an official responsible for control and supervision of a particular activity or area of public interest.

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• Among these first came the gas meter and pressure regulator. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• He obtained the desired speed and load with a friction brake; also regulator of speed; but waited for an indicator to verify it. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Both kinds are provided with a regulator in the form of a turn-cock, weight, or spring valve to regulate and control the flow of water and to make it continuous. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• With a slight increase in the current, the lamp melts in the twinkling of an eye, and in practice the regulator is found to short-circuit the current too late to prevent the damage. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• The gas regulator is simply a little automatic apparatus whereby the variation of pressure in the gas main is reduced and the flow rendered perfectly uniform at the burner. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Such an apparatus is called a _regulator_, and the variety of regulators is very great. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• In late years automatic regulators have been provided for accomplishing this result. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The French were among the first to contrive such regulators,--Duboscq, Foucault, Serrin, Houdin, and Lontin invented most useful forms of such apparatus. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Such an apparatus is called a _regulator_, and the variety of regulators is very great. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Regulators for dynamos and motors. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• It is stored under a pressure sometimes as high as 150 pounds to the inch, its pressure being reduced at the burners through the agency of pressure regulators. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.

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