Definitions for: Regulation


[n] the act of controlling or directing according to rule; "fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians"
[n] the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular
[n] a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior; "it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"; "short haircuts were the regulation"
[n] an authoritative rule
[n] (embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered
[n] the state of being controlled or governed
[adj] prescribed by or according to regulation; "regulation army equipment"



Webster (1913) Definition: Reg`u*la"tion (-l?"sh?n), n.
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.

Synonyms: ordinance, regularisation, regularization, regulating, rule, standard

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