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Regulation : adj : prescribed by or according to regulation; "regulation army
equipment"
(noun)
1: an authoritative rule [syn: ordinance]
2: a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior;
"it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"; "short
haircuts were the regulation" [syn: rule]
3: the state of being controlled or governed
4: (embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue
normal development after its structure has been somehow
damaged or altered
5: the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular [syn: regularization,
regularisation]
6: the act of controlling or directing according to rule;
"fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians" [syn:
regulating]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Regulation : \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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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