regulation

1. An authoritative rule (synset 106676796)
   is a type of: prescript, rule - prescribed guide for conduct or action
   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
2. A principle or condition that customarily governs behavior (synset 105854581)
   "it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"; "short haircuts were the regulation"
   is a type of: concept, conception, construct - an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
   subtypes:

   • 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
3. The state of being controlled or governed (synset 114466900)
   is a type of: ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, control, dominance - the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
4. (embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered (synset 113570308)
   referred to in: embryology - the branch of biology that studies the formation and early development of living organisms
   is a type of: biological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms
5. The act of bringing to uniformity;
   Making regular (synset 100808563)
   is a type of: control - the activity of managing or exerting control over something
   same as: regularisation, regularization
6. The act of controlling or directing according to rule (synset 100806695)
   "fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians"
   is a type of: control - the activity of managing or exerting control over something
   subtypes:

   • 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

1. Prescribed by or according to regulation (synset 302304499)
   "regulation army equipment"
   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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