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{{Wiktionary}}
'''Regulator''' may refer to:
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==Technology==
* [[Regulator (automatic control)]], a device that maintains a designated characteristic, as in:
** [[Battery regulator]]
** [[Pressure regulator]]
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** [[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 (physics)|regularization]]

==Music and literature==
* [[The Regulators (novel)|''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&ndash;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&ndash;1844)
* Regulator, a vigilante organized in response to the [[Banditti of the Prairie]] (1835&ndash;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)|''Regulator'' (sternwheeler)]], a sternwheel-driven steamboat built in 1891

==See also==
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* [[Regulate (disambiguation)]]
* [[Regulation (disambiguation)]]

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