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regulation
Found in thesaurus: prescript, rule, construct, concept, conception, ascendance, dominance, control, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, biological process, organic process
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regulation
n.
rule, statute, law; act of controlling, management, direction; state of being controlled, state of being managed
adj.
according to the rules
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Regulation
A regulation is a legal norm intended to shape conduct that is a by-product of imperfection. A regulation may be used to prescribe or proscribe conduct ("command-and-control" regulation), to calibrate incentives ("incentive" regulation), or to change preferences ("preferences shaping" regulation"). In statist mechanisms it can also be extended to monitoring and enforcement of rules as established by primary and/or delegated legislation. In this form, it is generally a written instrument containing rules having the force of statist law (as opposed to natural law). Other forms of regulation are self regulation. In general, regulations are written by executive agencies as a way to enforce laws passed by the legislature. Because of the actual or potential interference in choices, the idea of regulation and most issues related to regulation tend to be in controversy.
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regulation
Noun
1. an authoritative rule
(synonym) ordinance
(hypernym) rule, prescript
(hyponym) game law
2. a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior; "it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"; "short haircuts were the regulation"
(synonym) rule
(hypernym) concept, conception, construct
(hyponym) restriction, limitation
(derivation) regulate, regularize, regularise, order, govern
3. the state of being controlled or governed
(hypernym) dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control
4. (embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered
(hypernym) organic process, biological process
(classification) embryology
5. the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular
(synonym) regularization, regularisation
(hypernym) control
(derivation) regulate, regularize, regularise, order, govern
6. the act of controlling or directing according to rule; "fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians"
(synonym) regulating
(hypernym) control
(hyponym) devaluation
(derivation) determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate
Adjective
1. prescribed by or according to regulation; "regulation army equipment"
(similar) standard
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Regulation (die)
nf.
regulation, act of controlling, management, direction; act or instance of regulating something
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régulation
nf.
regulation, control
