English Explanatory Dictionary

regulation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated.
  2. A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization.
  3. 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.
  4. A numbered provision within such kind of legislation.
  5. A form of legislative act which is self-effecting, and requires no further intervention by the Member States to become law.
  6. Mechanism controlling DNA transcription.
  7. Physiological process which consists in maintaining homoeostasis.
adj
  1. In conformity with applicable rules and regulations.

Pronunciation

/ˌɹɛɡjʊˈleɪʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-regulation.wav

Word forms

regulation regulations

Etymology

From regulate + -ion.

Related words

bylaw coregulation deregulation immunoregulation order order-in-council regulate regulator rule ruler regulatory

Derived words

antiregulation autoregulation baroregulation bioregulation chemoregulation cisregulation COLREGS counterregulation down-regulation downregulation dysregulation epiregulation glucoregulation glycoregulation hemoregulation hydroregulation hyperregulation hyporegulation interregulation liporegulation macroregulation mechanoregulation metalloregulation midnight regulation misregulation morphoregulation myoregulation neuroimmune regulation neuroregulation nonregulation osmoregulation overregulation oxyregulation phosphoregulation photoregulation physioregulation postregulation preregulation regulational regulationist regulation time regulome retroregulation riboregulation self-regulation subregulation teleregulation thermoregulation thromboregulation underregulation up-regulation upregulation vasoregulation
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