voltage regulator

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   a transformer whose voltage ratio of transformation can be adjusted

   Broadertransformer

   Part ofelectrical system

Questions about voltage regulator

What does voltage regulator mean?

voltage regulator means "a transformer whose voltage ratio of transformation can be adjusted".

Is voltage regulator a common word?

voltage regulator is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.