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regulation

 
Adjective regulation has 1 sense
  1. regulation - prescribed by or according to regulation; "regulation army equipment"
    Antonym:
    nonstandard (indirect, via standard)
Noun regulation has 6 senses
  1. regulation, ordinance - an authoritative rule
    --1 is a kind of rule, prescript
    --1 has particulars: game law; age limit; assize; speed limit
  2. rule, regulation - a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior; "it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"; "short haircuts were the regulation"
    --2 is a kind of concept, conception, construct
    --2 has particulars:
     restriction, limitation; guidepost, guideline, rule of thumb; cy pres, rule of cy pres, cy pres doctrine; working principle, working rule
    Derived form: verb regulate2
  3. regulation - the state of being controlled or governed
    --3 is a kind of
    dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control
  4. regulation - (embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered
    --4 is a kind of
    organic process, biological process
  5. regulation, regularization, regularisation - the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular
    --5 is a kind of control
    Derived form: verb regulate2
  6. regulation, regulating - the act of controlling or directing according to rule; "fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians"
    --6 is a kind of control
    --6 has particulars:
     devaluation; gun control; indexation; coordination; limitation, restriction
    Derived form: verb regulate3
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