regulert

Regulert is a Norwegian adjective and the past participle of the verb regulere, meaning to regulate or control according to rules. It describes something that has been adjusted or brought into conformity with a set of rules, standards, or authorities. The term is common in legal, economic, regulatory, and technical contexts, where prices, markets, processes, or activities are subject to official oversight. For example, prisene er regulert av staten (prices are regulated by the state) and et regulert marked (a regulated market). In science and medicine, phrases such as regulert metabolisme or regulert prosess may appear to indicate that a system operates within defined limits.

Grammar and usage: Regulert functions as the past participle and is used in passive constructions or as an attributive adjective: «markedet er regulert» (the market is regulated) or «de regulerte prisene» (the regulated prices). The corresponding noun is regulering (regulation), and related terms include regulativ (regulatory) or regulerende (regulating). The word is used in Bokmål and Nynorsk with the same spelling; Danish uses reguleret and Swedish uses reglerad as cognates.

Etymology: The term originates from regulere, from Latin regulare, through French réguler and English regulate, with cognates in neighboring Scandinavian languages.