Overview of noun regulation

The noun regulation has 6 senses

• regulation, ordinance -- (an authoritative rule)


• 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")


• regulation -- (the state of being controlled or governed)


• regulation -- ((embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered)


• regulation, regularization, regularisation -- (the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular)


• regulation, regulating -- (the act of controlling or directing according to rule; "fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians")

Overview of adj regulation

The adj regulation has 1 sense

• regulation -- (prescribed by or according to regulation; "regulation army equipment")