regulation
IPA: rɛgjʌɫˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- (uncountable) The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated.
- (countable) A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization.
- (law, often in the plural) A type of law made by the executive branch of a government, usually as authorized by a statute made by the legislative branch giving the executive the authority to do so.
- (countable, in the singular) A numbered provision within such kind of legislation.
- (European Union law) A form of legislative act which is self-effecting, and requires no further intervention by the Member States to become law.
- (genetics) Mechanism controlling DNA transcription.
- (medicine) Physiological process which consists in maintaining homoeostasis.
adjective
- In conformity with applicable rules and regulations.
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Examples of "regulation" in Sentences
- This part of the Corpus Juris is the regulation of the civil law.
- New regulations are in place to control the natural order of things when there is so much lucre around.
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