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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REGULA'TION, n.
1. The act of regulating or reducing to order.
2. A rule or order prescribed by a superior for the management of some business, or for the government of a company or society.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: prescribed by or according to regulation; "regulation army equipment" n
1: an authoritative rule [syn: regulation, ordinance]
2: a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior; "it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"; "short haircuts were the regulation" [syn: rule, regulation]
3: the state of being controlled or governed
4: (embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered
5: the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular [syn: regulation, regularization, regularisation]
6: the act of controlling or directing according to rule; "fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians" [syn: regulation, regulating]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Date: 1665 1. the act of regulating ; the state of being regulated 2. a. an authoritative rule dealing with details or procedure <safety regulations> b. a rule or order issued by an executive authority or regulatory agency of a government and having the force of law 3. a. the process of redistributing material (as in an embryo) to restore a damaged or lost part independent of new tissue growth b. the mechanism by which an early embryo maintains normal development Synonyms: see law II. adjective Date: circa 1839 conforming to regulations ; official

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the act or an instance of regulating; the process of being regulated. 2 a prescribed rule; an authoritative direction. 3 (attrib.) a in accordance with regulations; of the correct type etc. (the regulation speed; a regulation tie). b colloq. usual (the regulation soup).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Regulation Reg`u*la"tion (-l?"sh?n), 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(regulations) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Regulations are rules made by a government or other authority in order to control the way something is done or the way people behave. The European Union has proposed new regulations to control the hours worked by its employees... = rule N-COUNT: usu pl 2. Regulation is the controlling of an activity or process, usually by means of rules. Some in the market now want government regulation in order to reduce costs. N-UNCOUNT: oft N of n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Adjustment, disposition, disposure, disposal, ordering, arrangement. 2. Rule, order, law, precept.

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