2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
regulation
adj : prescribed by or according to regulation; "regulation army
equipment"
n 1: an authoritative rule or law [syn: {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}]
3: the act of regulating; "fiscal regulations are in the hands
of politicians" [syn: {regulating}]
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