régulent

Régulent is the third-person plural present indicative form of the French verb réguler. Réguler means to regulate, control, or adjust something according to rules, standards, or desired outcomes. The term is widely used across domains such as public policy, economics, engineering, ecology, and biology to describe actions that impose order, balance, or compliance on a system, process, or market.

Etymology and usage context: réguler derives from Latin regulare, related to regula meaning rule. In French, the verb is regular in its conjugation for an -er verb, and its use covers both concrete and abstract regulation—from regulating prices or traffic to regulating a chemical reaction or a metabolic pathway. The form régulent appears in sentences like “Les autorités régulent le marché financier,” or “Les capteurs régulent la température du système.”

Conjugation and examples: as a regular -er verb, its present tense forms include je régule, tu régules, il régule, nous régulons, vous régulez, ils régulent. The past participle is régulé, and related forms include régulation (the act or process of regulating) and régulateur (regulator). In scientific writing, réguler is commonly used to describe feedback mechanisms and homeostatic control, with régulent used to indicate that a group or agents perform regulation.

See also: réguler, régulation, régulateur. The term régulent is mainly encountered as a grammatical form rather than as a standalone lexical entry, with its meaning anchored in the broader concept of regulation.