REGIMES

Noun

regimes

plural of regime

Anagrams

• emigres, emigrĂ©s, remiges, Ă©migrĂ©s

Source: Wiktionary


REGIME

RĂ©`gime" (r`zhm"), n. Etym: [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 régime which is to come. H. Kingsley.

2. (Hydraul.)

Definition: 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 régime being the condition when the flow is equal and uniform at all the cross sections. The ancient régime, or Ancien régime Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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