| regulation | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. ordinance, regulation | an authoritative rule. |
| ~ game law | a regulation intended to manage or preserve game animals. |
| ~ prescript, rule | prescribed guide for conduct or action. |
| ~ age limit | regulation establishing the maximum age for doing something or holding some position. |
| ~ assize | the regulation of weights and measures of articles offered for sale. |
| ~ speed limit | regulation establishing the top speed permitted on a given road. |
| n. (cognition) | 2. regulation, rule | a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior.; "it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"; "short haircuts were the regulation" |
| ~ concept, conception, construct | an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances. |
| ~ limitation, restriction | a principle that limits the extent of something.; "I am willing to accept certain restrictions on my movements" |
| ~ guidepost, rule of thumb, guideline | a rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior. |
| ~ cy pres, cy pres doctrine, rule of cy pres | a rule that when literal compliance is impossible the intention of a donor or testator should be carried out as nearly as possible. |
| ~ working principle, working rule | a rule that is adequate to permit work to be done. |
| n. (state) | 3. regulation | the state of being controlled or governed. |
| ~ ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, dominance, control | the state that exists when one person or group has power over another.; "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her" |
| n. (process) | 4. regulation | (embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered. |
| ~ embryology | the branch of biology that studies the formation and early development of living organisms. |
| ~ biological process, organic process | a process occurring in living organisms. |
| n. (act) | 5. regularisation, regularization, regulation | the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular. |
| ~ control | the activity of managing or exerting control over something.; "the control of the mob by the police was admirable" |
| n. (act) | 6. regulating, regulation | the act of controlling or directing according to rule.; "fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians" |
| ~ control | the activity of managing or exerting control over something.; "the control of the mob by the police was admirable" |
| ~ devaluation | an official lowering of a nation's currency; a decrease in the value of a country's currency relative to that of foreign countries. |
| ~ gun control | efforts to regulate or control sales of guns. |
| ~ indexation | a system of economic regulation: wages and interest are tied to the cost-of-living index in order to reduce the effects of inflation. |
| ~ timing | the regulation of occurrence, pace, or coordination to achieve a desired effect (as in music, theater, athletics, mechanics). |
| ~ restriction, limitation | an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation). |
| adj. | 7. regulation | prescribed by or according to regulation.; "regulation army equipment" |
| ~ standard | conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind.; "windows of standard width"; "standard sizes"; "the standard fixtures"; "standard brands"; "standard operating procedure" |
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