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Pronunciation : R?`gime" (r`zhm")
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. See Regimen.]
Definition : 1. Mode or system of rule or management; character of government, or of the prevailing social system. I dream . . . of the new r?gime which is to come. H. Kingsley.
2. (Hydraul.)
Defn: 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?gime being the condition when the flow is equal and uniform at all the cross sections. The ancient r?gime, or Ancien r?gime 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
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