Thesaurus: regulation

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1. n. The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated.
2. n. A rule or order prescribed for management or government; prescription; a regulating principle; a governing direction; precept; law; as, the regulations of a society or a school.
3. adj. prescribed by or according to regulation
4. n. an authoritative command
5. n. a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
6. n. the state of being controlled or governed
7. n. (embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered
8. n. the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular
9. n. the act of controlling or directing according to rule
10. 1. The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated. The temper and regulation of our own minds. Macaulay. 2. A rule or order prescribed for management or government; prescription; a regulating principle; a governing direction; precept; law; as, the regulations of a society or a school. Regulation sword, cap, uniform, etc. (Mil.), a sword, cap, uniform, etc., of the kind or quality prescribed by the official regulations. Syn. -- Law; rule; method; principle; order; precept. See Law.
11. n:100 n. an authoritative rule n. the state of being controlled or governed n. (embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered n. the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular