# Governor (Control Device) **Domain:** Mechanical Regulation / Control History **Doc Type:** Technology Node **Maturity:** Developing **Related:** [[Control Systems]], [[Feedback Loops]], [[Setpoint]], [[Russia and Prussia Kybernetiks]] --- ## Definition A mechanical regulator—classically the centrifugal flyball governor—that adjusts an engine to hold speed near a desired value. ## Kybernetiks Context The governor materializes the shared grammar of [[Setpoint]], sensing, [[Error Signal|error]] and corrective action that the article traces from steering into schooling and governance. ## Backlinks [[Russia and Prussia Kybernetiks]] · [[articles/Russia and Prussia Kybernetiks|Russia and Prussia Kybernetiks]]