regulators
Those enforcing standards
Regulators are devices or people that control, adjust, or maintain something within desired limits.
A voltage regulator keeps electrical current steady; a pressure regulator controls gas flow.
In government and industry, regulators are agencies or officials who enforce rules: Federal regulators shut down the bank.
The term often carries connotations of bureaucratic oversight: Regulators are breathing down our necks.
Flow-controlling mechanisms
- thermostatsDevices maintaining set temperatures
- governorsState or provincial leaders
- transistorsSemiconductor switching devices
- resistorsCurrent-limiting circuit components
capacitors · rheostats · potentiometers · actuators · sensors · relays · switches · servomechanisms
Supervision or inadvertent omission
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- watchdogsProtective guardian animals
- supervisorsThose who oversee workers
inspectors · authorities · auditors · ombudsman · licensing · certification · accreditation · sanctions
Adjusting for measurement accuracy
- fine-tuningSmall precise optimization adjustments
- modulationVarying signals to transmit
- trimmingCutting away excess
- balancingAchieving equal distribution
setting · correction · optimization · alignment · configuration · tweaking · adaptation · variation
Stock market regulator
- FINRABrokerage self-regulatory body
- bankingFinancial institution transactions
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
- tradingExchanging for value
brokerage · stocks · bonds · audit · fiduciary · disclosure · Basel · Dodd-Frank
Units of heredity
- hormonesBloodstream signaling molecules
- enzymesReaction-speeding proteins
- insulinPancreatic glucose-regulating hormone
- cortisolAdrenal steroid regulating stress
neurotransmitters · homeostasis · metabolism · expression · receptors · inhibitors · suppressors · modulators
valves
Flow-controlling mechanisms
- thermostatsDevices maintaining set temperatures
- governorsState or provincial leaders
- transistorsSemiconductor switching devices
resistors · capacitors · rheostats · potentiometers · actuators · sensors · relays · switches · servomechanisms · modulators
oversight
Supervision or inadvertent omission
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- watchdogsProtective guardian animals
supervisors · inspectors · authorities · auditors · ombudsman · licensing · certification · accreditation · sanctions · adjudicators
calibration
Adjusting for measurement accuracy
- fine-tuningSmall precise optimization adjustments
- modulationVarying signals to transmit
- trimmingCutting away excess
balancing · setting · correction · optimization · alignment · configuration · tweaking · adaptation · variation · customization
SEC
Stock market regulator
- FINRABrokerage self-regulatory body
- bankingFinancial institution transactions
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
trading · brokerage · stocks · bonds · audit · fiduciary · disclosure · Basel · Dodd-Frank · antitrust
genes
Units of heredity
- hormonesBloodstream signaling molecules
- enzymesReaction-speeding proteins
- insulinPancreatic glucose-regulating hormone
cortisol · neurotransmitters · homeostasis · metabolism · expression · receptors · inhibitors · suppressors · modulators
- divingscuba, scuba diving, dive mask, dive helmet, diving bells
- electricityelectricity, battery, batteries, wire, wires
- electronicscomputer, resistors, capacitors, TVs, TV
- governmentgovernment, ministries, legislature, judiciary, executive branch
- machineryengine, machinery, industrial machinery, motors, engines
- authoritiesrulers, ruler, leaders, leader, officials
regulatorslicensees
Those granted formal authorization
permittees · corporations · businesses · operators · compliance officers
regulatorsderegulators
Those who remove restrictions
libertarians · privatizers · neoliberals · Milton Friedman · Ayn Rand
regulatorsdestabilizers
Agents causing instability
disruptors · amplifiers · accelerators · agitators · wild cards
- regulatory oversightOfficial monitoring of compliance
- voltage regulatorsCircuits controlling electrical potential
- regulatory authoritiesAgencies enforcing compliance rules
- regulatory feesCharges for government oversight
- regulatory authorityAgency enforcing rules
- regulatory agencyGovernment entity enforcing rules