Regulation - Definition
regulation
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]