regulált

Regulált is a Hungarian adjective meaning “regulated.” It describes something that is governed, controlled, or overseen by rules, standards, or authorities. The word is formed from the verb regulál, to regulate, and is used across legal, economic, technical, and administrative language. Its opposite is typically unregulated (szabályozatlan), while in many contexts regulált aligns with szabályozott, though nuances can vary by register and field.

Etymology and usage are closely tied to the concept of regulation. The noun reguláció (regulation) and related forms appear in Hungarian legal and technical vocabulary, reflecting influences from Latin and various European languages through historical borrowing. regulált as a participial adjective agrees with the noun it modifies, functioning attributively (regulált piac, regulált iparág) or predicatively (piac vagy iparág regulált).

Common domains in which regulált appears include economics and law, where it denotes markets, professions, or activities subject to official oversight or standards. In this sense, phrases such as regulált piac (regulated market), regulált kötelezettségek (regulated obligations), or regulált energiaellátás (regulated energy supply) are typical. In science and engineering, regulált can describe processes or systems governed by feedback control and regulatory mechanisms, such as regulált génexpresszió (regulated gene expression) or regulált szabályozás (regulated control).

Notes: While closely related to szabályozott or szabályozás, regulált is common in technical, institutional, and formal contexts. The term is widely understood in standard Hungarian and is used across Hungarian-speaking contexts to denote compliance with external rules or internal standards.