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'''Regulator''' may refer to:
*[[Regulator (automatic control)]], a device which has the function of maintaining a designated characteristic
*[[Battery regulator]], a device in a battery pack which bleeds off excess charge current to let all cells reach full charge without overcharging some cells
*[[Diving regulator]], which provides a scuba diver with breathing gas at ambient pressure from a diving cylinder
*[[Gas pressure regulator]], a device that is attached to propane, acetylene or butane cylinders to provide a workable low-pressure gas stream from which equipment can be safely operated
*[[Voltage regulator]], in electronics
*The '''regulator''' of a number field in algebraic number theory (see [[Dirichlet's unit theorem]]); a quantity defined from the group of units. After taking logarithms, it has the interpretation of the volume of a fundamental domain in the lattice of units in 'logarithmic space'
*''The Regulator'', the English name of the French Steampunk comic ''Le Régulateur'' as published in ''[[Heavy Metal (magazine)|Heavy Metal]]''
*Regulator, in physics, a construction used in regularization techniques—see [[regularization (physics)]]
*Regulator, in [[social science]], an official responsible for control and supervision of an activity or area of public interest
*[[Steam locomotive components|Regulator]], in a steam locomotive, the lever and associated valve which controls the passage of steam from the boiler to the cylinders
*Regulator, a naval police officer in the United Kingdom, a member of the [[Royal Navy Regulating Branch]]
*Regulator, a precision [[pendulum clock]] used as a standard for ''regulating'' other timepieces or for timing astronomical observations
'''Regulators''' may refer to:-
*A '''regulatory agency''', a body that establishes, monitors, reforms and enforces regulations. See for example [[competition regulator]] and [[economic regulator]]
* [[Regulators Society]], a secret society formed in 1853 at [[Norwich University]], which has ties to theta Chi International Fraternity
*''[[Regulate (song)]]'', a rap song by Warren G and Nate Dogg
*''[[The Regulators]]'', a novel written under Stephen King's pen name, Richard Bachman
==American History==
*Participants in the [[Regulator-Moderator Conflict]] in western South Carolina, 1761-1769, who were eventually opposed by the Moderators
*Members of the [[Regulator movement]], a small-scale rebellion in North Carolina during the 1760s
*Members of Shays' Rebellion in 1786, also known as [[Shaysites]]
*Bands of vigilantes calling themselves Regulators, who arose in Northern Illinois in the 1830s and 1840s, in response to the depredations of the [[Banditti of the Prairie]]
*Participants in the [[Regulator-Moderator War]] in East Texas in 1839-1844
*The [[Lincoln County Regulators]], a posse formed during the Lincoln County War in the late 1870s; one of its members was Billy the Kid
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