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regulation |
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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