<b><font size="4">"regulation"</font></b><br/><b>adjective</b> <ol> <li>prescribed by or according to regulation; "regulation army equipment"</li> </ol> <b>noun</b> <ol> <li>an authoritative rule [syn: <a href="../ordinance.html">ordinance</a>] </li> <li>a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior; "it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"; "short haircuts were the regulation" [syn: <a href="../rule.html">rule</a>] </li> <li>the state of being controlled or governed </li> <li>(embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered </li> <li>the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular [syn: <a href="../regularization.html">regularization</a>, <a href="../regularisation.html">regularisation</a>] </li> <li>the act of controlling or directing according to rule; "fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians" [syn: <a href="../regulating.html">regulating</a>]</li> </ol> Source: <a href="../regulation.html">http://www.word.sc/regulation</a>

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