单词 | regulating |
释义 | regulatingn. The action of regulate v. (in various senses); an instance of this. ΚΠ 1604 R. Cudworth in W. Perkins Comm. Fiue First Chapters Epist. Galatians vi. 642 There is a certen rule for the regulating of all things apertaning to faith and manners. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xviii. 91 This is not repugnant to regulating of the same by Peace. 1680 Bp. G. Burnet Some Passages Life Earl of Rochester 41 As reasonable for God to prescribe a Regulating of those appetites. 1713 H. Prideaux Direct. Church-wardens (ed. 3) 49 He presides for the regulating and directing of this Matter. 1789 B. Franklin Reasons & Motives for Albany Plan of Union in Writings (1987) 397 The regulating of Indian trade; and laying and collecting the general duties and taxes. 1824 W. N. Blane Excurs. through U.S. 236 This practice of Regulating seems very strange to an European. 1883 Times 7 Mar. 5/3 The object of the Bill is to establish system in the regulating of the existing 179 middle class schools. 1902 Northeastern Reporter 63 853/1 The act amounted to no more than a regulating of the right, and a granting of a more ample and definite power. 1927 E. R. Groves Social Probl. Family xv. 247 It has been necessary thus far to depend upon state laws for the regulating of child labor. 1970 Proc. 5th Brit. Insecticide & Fungicide Conf., 1969 II. 546 Some of the more important predators concerned with the regulating of aphid numbers. 2005 A. Hill Reality TV vi. 122 Hawkins argues that Foucault's idea of the shaping and regulating of the self is ‘the stuff of infotainment’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). regulatingadj. 1. a. That regulates (in various senses of regulate v.); (esp. of a person or group) given to, or responsible for, regulating.With quot. 1768 compare regulator n. 4. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [adjective] > regulating regulative1599 ordinant1604 ordinative1605 well-ordering1619 regulating1628 regulatory1775 1628 W. Prynne Healthes: Sicknesse Ep. Ded. sig. ¶3 A very God on earth, (not onely in respect of Soueraignty and command: but likewise in the transcendency of grace, of holinesse, and the exemplarinesse of his practicall, pious, regulating and reforming life). 1683 R. Baxter Catechizing of Families xl. 327 The World needed a regulating Law: and Gods Law must not be broken. 1710 J. Norris Treat. Christian Prudence i. 7 There is therefore a conducting Rule, and a regulating Rule. 1768 Boston Chron. 1–8 Aug. 1315/1 The reforming or regulating people will not suffer process civil or criminal, to be executed, but where, and against whom they think proper. 1796 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry 38 The commanding officer of the regulating squadron of the line. 1815 J. Scott Visit to Paris xi. 231 An attracting and regulating body, that gives compactness and strength to the commonwealth. 1850 J. McCosh Method Divine Govt. (ed. 2) iii. ii. 364 Besides benevolence, there is needed..a regulating power of justice. 1922 Rev. Econ. Stud. 4 245/1 Thus the limiting principle was the population cycle, the regulating principle was the business cycle. 1978 Holarctic Ecol. 1 92/1 The large groundwater reservoirs in the catchment area will have a regulating effect on flow of water into the lake. 2009 Guardian (Nexis) 30 Jan. 5 The law also provides for the establishment of a regulating body..with extensive, albeit unclear and arbitrary, powers over charities. b. spec. Designating an officer responsible for examining and enlisting naval recruits. Chiefly in regulating captain. historical in later use. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > leader or commander > officer with specific duty > [noun] > officer who examines recruits regulating captain1712 1712 R. Burridge Religio Libertini 16 Having an Order granted me by the Lords of the Admiralty at their Office, for the Regulating Captains to allow me what Imprest-gangs I demanded. 1758 J. Blake Plan Marine Syst. 48 The regulating judge to determine how far such man is obliged to serve. 1768 Woman of Honor II. 182 Recommended him to a regulating Captain ‘as a fit person to serve the King’. 1798 A. Roden Diary 11 June in J. Stevenson Two Cent. Life in Down (1920) xix. 493 The regulating officer, Captain Carmichael..found us out some rooms. 1815 W. Burney Falconer's New Universal Dict. Marine (rev. ed.) Regulating captain, is an officer stationed at the different royal ports, in time of war, to examine the seamen intended for the navy. 1889 Monthly Chron. North-Country Lore & Legend Mar. 136/1 The Regulating Captain of the port of Newcastle, as the head of the impress service here was officially designated, was John Bover. 1953 Mariner's Mirror 39 138 Captain Mends..was Regulating Captain at Liverpool. 2002 D. J. Ennis Enter Press-Gang ii. 73 The idea that a regulating captain might be corrupt is not unusual. 2. Of a mechanical device or machine: that controls or restricts. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > adaptation or adjustment > [adjective] > adjusting for accuracy or smooth operation regulating1665 mis-set1928 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 133 Several..begin each of them to move, thus or thus, but quite after another method then before, there being many regulating parts and the like, fallen away and lost. 1771 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1 301 The regulating screw, by which the files may be made coarser or finer. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 201 The pipe from the steam-case..has a regulating valve. 1877 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 48 The tray which receives the ore..as fast as may be desired, a suitable regulating-gate being employed. 1907 Times Engin. Suppl. 9 Oct. 1/2 From the regulating locks [of the Panama Canal] the channel would step down..to a depth of 35ft. 1936 E. A. Atkins & A. G. Walker Electr. Arc & Oxy-acetylene Welding (ed. 3) iii. 30 Without a regulating device, when the welding load is taken off the engine it would race and damage might result. 1984 E. P. DeGarmo et al. Materials & Processes in Manuf. (ed. 6) xxiii. 652 The smaller wheel is the regulating wheel. 2001 J. Greenlaw Longcase Clocks 36 To make the clock go faster, rotate the regulating nut at the bottom of the pendulum. 3. Biology. Of an organism, organ, etc.: exhibiting developmental regulation (regulation n. 5a). rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > mechanism for self-regulation > [adjective] regulatory1855 regulative1899 regulating1902 regulatory1902 1902 Archiv f. Entwickelungsmechanik der Organismen 15 231 When a regulating piece is supplied with abundant food, growth and regulation are..very intimately connected. 1926 J. S. Huxley Ess. Pop. Sci. 259 This passage from a regulating to a non-regulating condition takes place during gastrulation, before the first structural differentiation, in the shape of the medullary plate, is visible at all. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1604adj.1628 |
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