regulate : Idioms & Phrases
self-regulated
Self`-reg"u*la`ted adjective
Definitions
Regulated by one's self or by itself.
Webster 1913
self-regulating
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adjective satellite designed to activate or move or regulate itself
self-acting; self-moving; self-activating.
- a self-activating sprinkler system
WordNet
To regulate a watch ∨ clock
- to adjust its rate of running so that it will keep approximately standard time.
