Regulator

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Regulator may refer to: ==Technology== Regulator (automatic control), a device that maintains a designated characteristic, as in: Battery regulator Pressure regulator Diving regulator Voltage regulator Regulator (sewer), a control device used in a combined sewer system Regulator (timepiece), a device in mechanical timepieces attached to the balance spring for adjusting the rate of the balance wheel Regulator precision pendulum clock, originally used as a time-standard for adjusting or regulating other clocks and watches Regulator, the throttle of a steam engine Regulator, a component of Uilleann pipes, a form of bagpipes ==Science== Regulator (mathematics), a positive real number used in Dirichlet's unit theorem Regulator (biology), an animal that is able to maintain a constant internal environment Regulator gene, a gene involved in controlling the expression of one or more other genes Regulator, an auxiliary physics concept used in regularization ==Music and literature== The Regulators (novel), a novel by Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman "The Regulator", a song by Clutch from Blast Tyrant "Regulator", a song by Devin Townsend from Ocean Machine: Biomech ==Organizations== Regulator, a member of the Royal Navy Police, formerly the Royal Navy Regulating Branch Regulator, a member of the Red Army traffic control units, mostly female Regulators, a faction in the Regulator Movement (1765–1771) in Provincial North Carolina Regulator, a member of the Shaysites, followers of Daniel Shays during Shays' Rebellion (1786) Regulators, a faction in the Regulator–Moderator War (1839–1844) Regulator, a vigilante organized in response to the Banditti of the Prairie (1835–1848) Lincoln County Regulators, a deputized posse during the Lincoln County War (1878) Regulatory agency, a governmental body which oversees a particular economic activity ==Transportation== Regulator (sternwheeler), a sternwheel-driven steamboat built in 1891 ==See also== Regulate (disambiguation) Regulation (disambiguation)

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