How to pronounce “regular”

Meaning

• [Adjective]
• (Christianity) Bound by religious rule; belonging to a monastic or religious order (often as opposed to secular). [from 14th c.]
• Having a constant pattern; showing evenness of form or appearance. [from 15th c.]
• (geometry, of a polygon) Both equilateral and equiangular; having all sides of the same length, and all (corresponding) angles of the same size [from 16th c.]
• (geometry, of a polyhedron) Whose faces are all congruent regular polygons, equally inclined to each other.
• Demonstrating a consistent set of rules; showing order, evenness of operation or occurrence. [from 16th c.]
• (astronomy) Of a moon or other satellite: following a relatively close and prograde orbit with little inclination or eccentricity.
• (now rare) Well-behaved, orderly; restrained (of a lifestyle etc.). [from 16th c.]
• Happening at constant (especially short) intervals. [from 17th c.]
• (grammar, of a verb, plural, etc) Following a set or common pattern; according to the normal rules of a given language. [from 17th c.]
• (chiefly US) Having the expected characteristics or appearances; normal, ordinary, standard. [from 17th c.]
• (chiefly military) Permanently organised; being part of a set professional body of troops. [from 17th c.]
• Having bowel movements or menstrual periods at constant intervals in the expected way. [from 18th c.]
• (colloquial) Exemplary; excellent example of; utter, downright. [from 18th c.]
• (botany, zoology) Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape.
• (crystallography) Isometric.
• (snowboarding) Riding with the left foot forward.
• (mathematical analysis, not comparable, of a Borel measure) Such that every set in its domain is both outer regular and inner regular.
• (commutative algebra, not comparable, of a local ring) Noetherian and such that the minimal number of generators of the maximal ideal is equal to the Krull dimension of the ring.
• (algebraic geometry, not comparable, of a scheme) Such that the local ring at every point is regular.
• (obsolete, not comparable, of a ring) A von Neumann regular: such that every left module (over the given ring) is flat.
• [Adverb]
• (archaic, dialect, nonstandard) Regularly, on a regular basis.
• [Noun]
• A member of the British Army (as opposed to a member of the Territorial Army or Reserve).
• A frequent, routine visitor to an establishment.
• A member of the armed forces or police force.
• A frequent customer, client or business partner.
• (television) A character who appears in every episode of a TV series; a member of the regular cast.
• (Canada) A coffee with one cream and one sugar.
• Anything that is normal or standard.
• A member of a religious order who has taken the three ordinary vows.
• A number for each year, giving, added to the concurrents, the number of the day of the week on which the Paschal full moon falls.
• A fixed number for each month serving to ascertain the day of the week, or the age of the moon, on the first day of any month.

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