REGULATION

regulation

(adjective) prescribed by or according to regulation; “regulation army equipment”

regulation, regulating

(noun) the act of controlling or directing according to rule; “fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians”

regulation, regularization, regularisation

(noun) the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular

rule, regulation

(noun) a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior; “it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast”; “short haircuts were the regulation”

regulation, ordinance

(noun) an authoritative rule

regulation

(noun) (embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered

regulation

(noun) the state of being controlled or governed

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

regulation (countable and uncountable, plural regulations)

(uncountable) The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated.

(countable) A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization.

A type of law made by the executive branch of government, usually by virtue of a statute made by the legislative branch giving the executive the authority to do so.

(European Union law) A form of legislative act which is self-effecting, and requires no further intervention by the Member States to become law.

(genetics) Mechanism controlling DNA transcription.

(medicine) Physiological process which consists in maintaining homoeostasis.

Adjective

regulation (not comparable)

In conformity with applicable rules and regulations.

Anagrams

• urogenital

Source: Wiktionary

Reg`u*la"tion (-l"shn), 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition