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Adjective regulation has 1 sense

regulation - prescribed by or according to regulation; "regulation army equipment"
Antonym: nonstandard (indirect, via standard)

Noun regulation has 6 senses

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