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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (6)

1. an authoritative rule;
[syn: regulation, ordinance]

2. a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior;
- Example: "it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"
- Example: "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;
- Example: "fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians"
[syn: regulation, regulating]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. prescribed by or according to regulation;
- Example: "regulation army equipment"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Regulation \Reg`u*la"tion\ (-l?"sh?n), n.
   1. The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated.
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            The temper and regulation of our own minds.
                                                  --Macaulay.
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   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.
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   Regulation sword, cap, uniform, etc. (Mil.), a sword,
      cap, uniform, etc., of the kind or quality prescribed by
      the official regulations.
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   Syn: Law; rule; method; principle; order; precept. See
        Law.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]