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Meaning of regulation

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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