[QUOTE] [B][SIZE=4]"regulation"[/SIZE][/B] [B]adjective[/B] [LIST=1] [*]prescribed by or according to regulation; "regulation army equipment" [/LIST] [B]noun[/B] [LIST=1] [*]an authoritative rule [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/ordinance]ordinance[/URL]] [*]a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior; "it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"; "short haircuts were the regulation" [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/rule]rule[/URL]] [*]the state of being controlled or governed [*](embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered [*]the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/regularization]regularization[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/regularisation]regularisation[/URL]] [*]the act of controlling or directing according to rule; "fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians" [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/regulating]regulating[/URL]] [/LIST] Source: [URL=http://www.word.sc/regulation]http://www.word.sc/regulation[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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