Regulation

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  • noun. The act of regulating or the state of being regulated.
  • noun. A principle, rule, or law designed to control or govern conduct.
  • noun. A governmental order having the force of law.
  • noun. The capacity of an embryo to continue normal development following injury to or alteration of a structure.
  • noun. The standard playing period for a timed game, prior to overtime or a shootout.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To bring under regulations; cause to conform to rules.
  • noun. In biology, readjustment which restores the completeness of the whole in a part that has been removed from the body of an organism or in an organism that has lost part of its body.
  • noun. The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated or reduced to order.
  • noun. A rule or order prescribed by a superior or competent authority as to the actions of those under its control; a governing direction; precept; law: as, police regulations; more specifically, a rule prescribed by a municipality, corporation, or society for the conduct of third persons dealing with it, as distinguished from
  • noun. bylaw, a term which is generally used rather with reference to the standing rules governing its own internal organization and the conduct of its officers and members, and
  • noun. ordinance, which is generally used in the United States for the local legislation of municipalities.
  • noun. In musical instruments with a keyboard, the act or process of adjusting the action so that it shall be noiseless, prompt, and sensitive to every variation of touch.
  • noun. Synonyms Disposition, ordering, adjustment.
  • noun. Ordinance, Statute, etc. See law.
  • Having a fixed or regulated pattern or style; in accord with a rule or standard.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated.
  • noun. A rule or order prescribed for management or government; prescription; a regulating principle; a governing direction; precept; law.
  • noun. a sword, cap, uniform, etc., of the kind or quality prescribed by the official regulations.
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  • noun. undefined
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated.
  • noun. A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization.
  • noun. A form of legislative act which is self-effecting, and requires no further intervention by the Member States to become law.
  • adjective. In conformity with applicable rules and regulations.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an authoritative rule
  • noun. a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
  • noun. (embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered
  • noun. the state of being controlled or governed
  • adjective. prescribed by or according to regulation
  • noun. the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular
  • noun. the act of controlling or directing according to rule
  • Word Usage
    "Now, as people have been filled with fears that the colonies, if encouraged to raise rough materials, would set up for themselves, a little regulation would be necessary; and as they will have the providing rough materials for themselves, a _little regulation_ would remove all those jealousies out of the way."
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