regulation

Meanings

Noun

• The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated.
• A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization.
• A type of law made by the executive branch of government, usually by virtue of a statute made by the legislative branch giving the executive the authority to do so.
• A form of legislative act which is self-effecting, and requires no further intervention by the Member States to become law.
• Mechanism controlling DNA transcription.
• Physiological process which consists in maintaining homoeostasis.

Adjective

• In conformity with applicable rules and regulations.

Origin

• From regulate + -ion.