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Definition regular

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman reguler, Middle French reguler, regulier, and their source, Latin r?gul?ris (“continuing rules for guidance”), from r?gula (“rule”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *reg- (“move in a straight line”).

Adjective

regular (comparative more regular, superlative most regular)

1. (Christianity) Bound by religious rule; belonging to a monastic or religious order (often as opposed to secular). [from 14th c.]
2. Having a constant pattern; showing evenness of form or appearance. [from 15th c.]
3. (geometry, of a polygon) Both equilateral and equiangular; having all sides of the same length, and all (corresponding) angles of the same size [from 16th c.]
4. (geometry, of a polyhedron) Whose faces are all congruent regular polygons, equally inclined to each other.
5. Demonstrating a consistent set of rules; showing order, evenness of operation or occurrence. [from 16th c.]
6. (now rare) Well-behaved, orderly; restrained (of a lifestyle etc.). [from 16th c.]
7. Happening at constant (especially short) intervals. [from 17th c.]
8. (grammar, of a verb, plural, etc) Following a set or common pattern; according to the normal rules of a given language. [from 17th c.]
9. (chiefly US) Having the expected characteristics or appearances; normal, ordinary, standard. [from 17th c.]
10. (chiefly military) Permanently organised; being part of a set professional body of troops. [from 17th c.]
11. Having bowel movements or menstrual periods at constant intervals in the expected way. [from 18th c.]
12. (colloquial) Exemplary; excellent example of; utter, downright. [from 18th c.]
13. (botany, zoology) Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape.
14. (crystallography) Isometric.
15. (snowboarding) Riding with the left foot forward.
16. (mathematical analysis, not comparable, of a Borel measure) Such that every set in its domain is both outer regular and inner regular.

Adverb

regular (not comparable)

1. (archaic, Britain, dialectal) Regularly, on a regular basis.

Noun

regular (plural regulars)

1. A member of the British Army (as opposed to a member of the Territorial Army or Reserve).
2. A frequent, routine visitor to an establishment.
3. A frequent customer, client or business partner.
4. (Canada) A coffee with one cream and one sugar.
5. Anything that is normal or standard.
6. A member of a religious order who has taken the three ordinary vows.
7. A number for each year, giving, added to the concurrents, the number of the day of the week on which the Paschal full moon falls.
8. A fixed number for each month serving to ascertain the day of the week, or the age of the moon, on the first day of any month.

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