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Controller - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Controller : (noun)
1: someone who maintains and audits business accounts [syn: accountant,
comptroller]
2: a person who directs and restrains [syn: restrainer]
3: a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine; "the
speed control on his turntable was not working properly";
"I turned the controls over to her" [syn: control]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Controller : \Con*trol"ler\, n.
1. (Elec.) Any electric device for controlling a circuit or
system; specif.:
(a) An electromagnet, excited by the main current, for
throwing a regulator magnet into or out of circuit in
an automatic device for constant current regulation.
(b) A kind of multiple switch for gradually admitting the
current to, or shutting it off from, an electric
motor; as, a car controller for an electric railway
car.
2. (Mach.) A lever controlling the speed of an engine; --
applied esp. to the lever governing a throttle valve, as
of a steam or gasoline engine, esp. on an automobile.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Controller : \Con*trol"ler\, n. [Based on control, v. t.: cf. F.
contr[^o]leur.]
1. One who, or that which, controls or restraines; one who
has power or authority to regulate or control; one who
governs.
The great controller of our fate Deigned to be man,
and lived in low estate. --Dryden.
2. An officer appointed to keep a counter register of
accounts, or to examine, rectify, or verify accounts.
[More commonly written controller.]
3. (Naut.) An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck,
for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The
links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block,
and thus hold fast until disengaged.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Example Usage of Controller |
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