regulation
Noun
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subtypes:
- game law - a regulation intended to manage or preserve game animals
- age limit - regulation establishing the maximum age for doing something or holding some position
- assize - the regulation of weights and measures of articles offered for sale
- speed limit - regulation establishing the top speed permitted on a given road
same as: ordinance -
is a type of: concept, conception, construct - an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instancessubtypes:
- limitation, restriction - a principle that limits the extent of something
- guideline, guidepost, rule of thumb - a rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior
- cy pres, cy pres doctrine, rule of cy pres - a rule that when literal compliance is impossible the intention of a donor or testator should be carried out as nearly as possible
- working principle, working rule - a rule that is adequate to permit work to be done
same as: rule -
is a type of: ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, control, dominance - the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
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referred to in: embryology - the branch of biology that studies the formation and early development of living organismsis a type of: biological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms
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is a type of: control - the activity of managing or exerting control over somethingsame as: regularisation, regularization
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is a type of: control - the activity of managing or exerting control over somethingsubtypes:
- devaluation - an official lowering of a nation's currency; a decrease in the value of a country's currency relative to that of foreign countries
- gun control - efforts to regulate or control sales of guns
- indexation - a system of economic regulation: wages and interest are tied to the cost-of-living index in order to reduce the effects of inflation
- timing - the regulation of occurrence, pace, or coordination to achieve a desired effect (as in music, theater, athletics, mechanics)
- limitation, restriction - an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)
same as: regulating
Adjective
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similar to: standard - conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind
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