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regulating
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Regulating
(gcide) | Regulate \Reg"u*late\ (-l[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Regulated
(-l[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Regulating.] [L.
regulatus, p. p. of regulare, fr. regula. See Regular.]
1. To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct
by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles
or laws.
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The laws which regulate the successions of the
seasons. --Macaulay.
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The herdsmen near the frontier adjudicated their own
disputes, and regulated their own police.
--Bancroft.
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2. To put in good order; as, to regulate the disordered state
of a nation or its finances.
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3. To adjust, or maintain, with respect to a desired rate,
degree, or condition; as, to regulate the temperature of a
room, the pressure of steam, the speed of a machine, etc.
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To regulate a watch or To regulate a clock, to adjust its
rate of running so that it will keep approximately
standard time.
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Syn: To adjust; dispose; methodize; arrange; direct; order;
rule; govern.
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regulating
(wn) | regulating
n 1: the act of controlling or directing according to rule;
"fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians" [syn:
regulation, regulating] |
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deregulating
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regulating
(encz) | regulating,regulující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
self regulating process
(encz) | self regulating process,samovolně ustalující procesy n: pl.
[tech.] Milan Svoboda |
self-regulating
(encz) | self-regulating, |
self-acting self-activating self-moving self-regulating
(gcide) | Automatic \Au`to*mat"ic\, Automatical \Au`to*mat"ic*al\, a. [Cf.
F. automatique. See Automaton.]
1. Having an inherent power of action or motion.
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Nothing can be said to be automatic. --Sir H. Davy.
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2. Pertaining to, or produced by, an automaton; of the nature
of an automaton; self-acting or self-regulating under
fixed conditions; operating with minimal human
intervention; -- esp. applied to machinery or devices in
which certain things formerly or usually done by hand are
done by the machine or device itself; as, the automatic
feed of a lathe; automatic gas lighting; an automatic
engine or switch; an automatic mouse; an automatic
transmission. The opposite of manual.
Note: Narrower terms are: {autoloading(prenominal),
semiautomatic ; {automated, machine-controlled,
machine-driven ; {self-acting, self-activating,
self-moving, self-regulating ; {self-locking ;
{self-winding . Also See: mechanical.
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3. (Physiol.) Not voluntary; not depending on the will;
mechanical; controlled by the autonomic nervous system;
without conscious control; as, automatic movements or
functions. The opposite of voluntary.
Syn: reflex(prenominal), reflexive,involuntary
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Unconscious or automatic reasoning. --H. Spenser.
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4. like the unthinking functioning of a machine. an automatic
`thank you'
Syn: automaton-like, automatonlike, machinelike,
machine-like, robotlike.
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Automatic arts, such economic arts or manufacture as are
carried on by self-acting machinery. --Ure.
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deregulating
(wn) | deregulating
n 1: the act of freeing from regulation (especially from
governmental regulations) [syn: deregulation,
deregulating] |
regulating
(wn) | regulating
n 1: the act of controlling or directing according to rule;
"fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians" [syn:
regulation, regulating] |
self-regulating
(wn) | self-regulating
adj 1: designed to activate or move or regulate itself; "a self-
activating sprinkler system" [syn: self-acting, {self-
activating}, self-moving, self-regulating] |
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