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self-ˈregulated, ppl. a.
[self- 2, 4.]
Regulated from within or automatically.
1847in Webster. 1903Edin. Rev. Oct. 517 The Colleges were isolated, self-regulated and self-contained.
So self-ˈregulating ppl. a.
1837Penny Cycl. IX. 26/2 A self-regulating thermostat or heat-governor. 1839Selby in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club I. vii. 191 A self regulating thermometer. 1840Mech. Mag. XXXIII. 274 Chesterman's Patent Self-regulating Stove. The principal novelty..is the mode adopted for regulating the rate of combustion..by means of the vaporization of water. 1846J. D. Morell Hist. Philos. I. iv. 323 The human mind..is a spontaneous self-regulating existence. 1975Listener 11 Sept. 328/3 This new ideal of the self-regulating individual. |