Synonyms of the word

regulation

• n. (uncountable) The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated.
• n. (countable) A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct…
• n. (European Union law) A form of legislative act which is self-effecting, and requires no further intervention…
• n. (genetics) Mechanism controlling DNA transcription.
• n. (medicine) Physiological process which consists in maintaining homoeostasis.
• adj. In conformity with applicable rules and regulations.

ascendance

• n. Ascendancy; superiority.

ascendancy

• n. The process or period of one's ascent.
• n. Supremacy; superiority; dominant control; the quality of being in the ascendant.
• n. A class of Protestant landowners and professionals that dominated political and social life in Ireland…

ascendence

• n. Alternative form of ascendance.

ascendency

• n. Alternative spelling of ascendancy.

concept

• n. abstract and general idea; an abstraction.
• n. understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and/or imagination; a generalization (generic,…
• n. (programming) In generic programming, a description of supported operations on a type, including their…

conception

• n. The act of conceiving.
• n. The state of being conceived; the beginning.
• n. The fertilization of an ovum by a sperm to form a zygote.
• n. The start of pregnancy.
• n. The formation of a conceptus or an implanted embryo.
• n. The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation…
• n. An image, idea, or notion formed in the mind; a concept, plan or design.

construct

• n. Something constructed from parts.
• n. A concept or model.
• n. (genetics) A segment of nucleic acid, created artificially, for transplantation into a target cell or…
• v. (transitive) To build or form (something) by assembling parts.
• v. (transitive) To build (a sentence, an argument, etc.) by arranging words or ideas.
• v. (transitive, geometry) To draw (a geometric figure) by following precise specifications and using geometric…

control

• v. (transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
• v. (transitive, statistics) (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or…
• n. (countable, uncountable) Influence or authority over something.
• n. A separate group or subject in an experiment against which the results are compared where the primary…
• n. The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever,…
• n. Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
• n. A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities;…
• n. (project management) A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not…
• n. A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
• n. (graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window…
• n. (climatology) Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution…
• n. (linguistics) A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an…

dominance

• n. The state of being dominant; of prime importance; supremacy.
• n. Being in a position of power, authority or ascendancy over others.
• n. (physiology) The superior development of or preference for one side of the body or one of a pair of organs;…
• n. (biology, genetics) The property of a gene such that it suppresses the expression of its allele.

ordinance

• n. A local law, an edict or decree.
• n. A religious practice or ritual prescribed by the church.

prescript

• n. Something prescribed; a rule, regulation or dictate.
• n. (obsolete) A medical prescription.
• adj. Directed; prescribed.

regularisation

• n. Alternative spelling of regularization.

regularization

• n. The act of making regular, of regularizing.

regulating

• v. present participle of regulate.

rule

• n. A regulation, law, guideline.
• n. A ruler; device for measuring, a straightedge, a measure.
• n. A straight line (continuous mark, as made by a pen or the like), especially one lying across a paper as…
• n. A regulating principle.
• n. The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.
• n. A normal condition or state of affairs.
• n. (obsolete) Conduct; behaviour.
• n. (law) An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or…
• n. (mathematics) A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result.
• n. (printing, dated) A thin plate of brass or other metal, of the same height as the type, and used for printing…
• v. (transitive) To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.
• v. (slang, intransitive) To excel.
• v. (transitive) To mark (paper or the like) with rules (lines).
• v. (intransitive) To decide judicially.
• v. (transitive) To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by…

standard

• adj. Falling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, etc.
• adj. (of a tree or shrub) Growing alone as a free-standing plant; not trained on a post etc.
• adj. Having recognized excellence or authority.
• adj. Of a usable or serviceable grade or quality.
• adj. (not comparable, of a motor vehicle) Having a manual transmission.
• adj. As normally supplied (not optional).
• n. A principle or example or measure used for comparison.
• n. A vertical pole with something at its apex.
• n. A manual transmission vehicle.
• n. (botany) The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.
• n. (shipbuilding) An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch…
• n. A large drinking cup.