1. An official rule or law, especially one made by a government or authority
   "The new parking regulations went into effect last month";
   - ordinance
    
2. A principle or condition that customarily governs behaviour
   "short haircuts were the regulation";
   - rule
    
3. The act of controlling or directing according to rule
   "fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians";
   - regulating
    
4. The act of bringing to uniformity; making regular
   "The regulation of the financial industry aimed to prevent future economic crises";
   - regularization, regularisation [Brit]
    
5. The state of being controlled or governed
   "The industry chafed under strict government regulation"
    
6. (embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered
   "The regulation of sea urchin embryos allows them to develop normally even after separation of early blastomeres"

1. Prescribed by or according to regulation
   "regulation army equipment"

Derived forms: regulations

See also: standard

Type of: ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, biological process, concept, conception, construct, control, dominance, organic process, prescript, rule

Encyclopedia: Regulation