WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
reg•u•la
(reg′yə lə),USA pronunciation n., pl. -lae
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(-lē′).USA pronunciation
- Architecture(in a Doric entablature) a fillet, continuing a triglyph beneath the taenia, from which guttae are suspended. Also called guttae band.
- Latin rēgula ruler, pattern (akin to rēx king, regere to rule; see -ule)
- 1555–65
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