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What's The Definition Of Regular?
[n] a garment size for persons of average height and weight
[n] a regular patron; "an habitue of the racetrack"; "a bum who is a Central Park fixture" [n] a dependable follower (especially in party politics); "he is one of the party regulars" [n] a soldier in the regular army [adj] in accord with regular practice or procedure; "took his regular morning walk"; "her regular bedtime" [adj] not constipated [adj] relating to a person who does something regularly; "a regular customer"; "a steady drinker" [adj] officially full-time; "regular students" [adj] not deviating from what is normal; "her regular bedtime" [adj] in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle; "his regular calls on his customers"; "regular meals"; "regular duties" [adj] (of solids) having clear dimensions that can be measured; volume can be determined with a suitable geometric formula [adj] (used of the military) belonging to or engaged in by legitimate army forces; "the regular army" [adj] conforming to a standard or pattern; "following the regular procedure of the legislature"; "a regular electrical outlet" [adj] occurring at fixed intervals; "a regular beat"; "the even rhythm of his breathing" [adj] regularly scheduled for fixed times; "at a regular meeting of the PTA"; "regular bus departures" [adj] symmetrically arranged; "even features"; "regular features"; "a regular polygon" Synonyms | Synonyms for Regular: daily | day-after-day | day-to-day | diarrheal | diarrheic | diarrhetic | diarrhoeal | diarrhoeic | diarrhoetic | even | every day | first-string | fixture | frequent | full-time | habitue | lawful | lax | loose | normal | official | orderly | prescribed | regularised | regularized | routine | rule-governed | scheduled | standard | standing | steady | stock | timed | unconstipated | uniform | usual | weak | well-ordered Related Terms | Find terms related to Regular: See Also | follower | frequenter | patron | rhythmic | rhythmical | size | soldier | symmetric | symmetrical | systematic Regular In Webster's Dictionary \Reg"u*lar\ (-l?r), a. [L. regularis, fr. regula a rule,
fr. regere to guide, to rule: cf. F. r['e]gulier. See
{Rule}.]
1. Conformed to a rule; agreeable to an established rule,
law, principle, or type, or to established customary
forms; normal; symmetrical; as, a regular verse in poetry;
a regular piece of music; a regular verb; regular practice
of law or medicine; a regular building.
2. Governed by rule or rules; steady or uniform in course,
practice, or occurence; not subject to unexplained or
irrational variation; returning at stated intervals;
steadily pursued; orderlly; methodical; as, the regular
succession of day and night; regular habits.
3. Constituted, selected, or conducted in conformity with
established usages, rules, or discipline; duly authorized;
permanently organized; as, a regular meeting; a regular
physican; a regular nomination; regular troops.
4. Belonging to a monastic order or community; as, regular
clergy, in distinction dfrom the secular clergy.
5. Thorough; complete; unmitigated; as, a regular humbug.
[Colloq.]
6. (Bot. & Zo["o]l.) Having all the parts of the same kind
alike in size and shape; as, a regular flower; a regular
sea urchin.
7. (Crystallog.) Same as {Isometric}.
{Regular polygon} (Geom.), a plane polygon which is both
equilateral and equiangular.
{Regular polyhedron} (Geom.), a polyhedron whose faces are
equal regular polygons. There are five regular
polyhedrons, -- the tetrahedron, the hexahedron, or cube,
the octahedron, the dodecahedron, and the icosahedron.
{Regular sales} (Stock Exchange), sales of stock deliverable
on the day after the transaction.
{Regular troops}, troops of a standing or permanent army; --
opposed to militia.
Syn: Normal; orderly; methodical. See {Normal}.
\Reg"u*lar\ (r[e^]g"[-u]*l[~e]r), n. [LL. regularis: cf. F. r['e]gulier. See {Regular}, a.] 1. (R. C. Ch.) A member of any religious order or community who has taken the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, and who has been solemnly recognized by the church. --Bp. Fitzpatrick. 2. (Mil.) A soldier belonging to a permanent or standing army; -- chiefly used in the plural. |
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