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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Regular \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}.]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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4. Belonging to a monastic order or community; as, regular
clergy, in distinction dfrom the secular clergy.
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5. Thorough; complete; unmitigated; as, a regular humbug.
[Colloq.]
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6. (Bot. & Zool.) Having all the parts of the same kind alike
in size and shape; as, a regular flower; a regular sea
urchin.
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7. (Crystallog.) Same as {Isometric}.
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{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.
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Syn: Normal; orderly; methodical. See {Normal}.
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