Hypertext Webster Gateway: "regime"

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) 1.7 (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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