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regime |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: R'egime \R['e]`gime"\ (r?`zh?m"), n. [F. See {Regimen}.] 1. Mode or system of rule or management; character of government, or of the prevailing social system. I dream . . . of the new r['e]gime which is to come --H. Kingsley. 2. (Hydraul.) The condition of a river with respect to the rate of its flow, as measured by the volume of water passing different cross sections in a given time, uniform r['e]gime being the condition when the flow is equal and uniform at all the cross sections. {The ancient r['e]gime}, or {Ancien r['e]gime} [F.], the former political and social system, as distinguished from the modern; especially, the political and social system existing in France before the Revolution of 1789. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: regime n 1: the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit; "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to higher authorities" [syn: {government}, {authorities}] 2: (medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet) [syn: {regimen}]
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