- regulation - prescribed by or according to regulation; "regulation army equipment"
Antonym: nonstandard (indirect, via standard)
- regulation, ordinance - an authoritative rule
--1 is a kind of rule, prescript
--1 has particulars: game law; age limit; assize; speed limit - rule, regulation - a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior; "it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"; "short haircuts were the regulation"
--2 is a kind of concept, conception, construct
--2 has particulars:restriction, limitation; guidepost, guideline, rule of thumb; cy pres, rule of cy pres, cy pres doctrine; working principle, working rule Derived form: verb regulate2 - regulation - the state of being controlled or governed
--3 is a kind of dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control
- regulation - (embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered
--4 is a kind of organic process, biological process
- regulation, regularization, regularisation - the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular
--5 is a kind of control
Derived form: verb regulate2 - regulation, regulating - the act of controlling or directing according to rule; "fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians"
--6 is a kind of control
--6 has particulars:devaluation; gun control; indexation; coordination; limitation, restriction Derived form: verb regulate3 - regulation - (embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered