regulation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an authoritative rule
    ordinance.
  2. noun a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
    rule.
    • it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast
    • short haircuts were the regulation
  3. noun the state of being controlled or governed
  4. noun (embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered
  5. noun the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular
    regularization; regularisation.
  6. noun the act of controlling or directing according to rule
    regulating.
    • fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians
  7. adjective satellite prescribed by or according to regulation
    • regulation army equipment

WordNet

Reg`u*la"tion noun
Definitions
  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. Syn. -- Law; rule; method; principle; order; precept. See Law.

Webster 1913