control

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Derived terms 1.4.3 Related terms 1.4.4 Translations 1.5 External links 2 Spanish 2.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English conterrolle < Old French contrerole < Mediaeval Latin contrarotulum (“‘a counter-roll or register used to verify accounts’”) < Latin contra (“‘against, opposite’”) + Mediaeval Latin rotulus, Latin rotula (“‘roll, a little wheel’”), diminutive of rota (“‘a wheel’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /kənˈt(ʃ)roʊl/, SAMPA: /k@n"t(S)roUl/
• (UK) IPA: /kənˈtrəʊl/, SAMPA: /k@n"tr@Ul/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

[edit] Verb

to control (third-person singular simple present controls, present participle controlling, simple past and past participle controlled)

1. To exercise influence over, to suggest or dictate the behavior of.

   With a simple remote, he could control the toy truck.

[edit] Derived terms

• controller
• controlling

[edit] Related terms

• regulate

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[edit] Noun

control (plural controls)

1. Influence or authority over.

   The government has complete control over the situation.

2. A separate group or subject in an experiment against which the results are compared where the primary variable is low or nonexistence.
3. The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
4. A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities, synonymous with safeguard and counter-measure.
5. restraint or ability to contain one's emotions, or self-control.
6. (graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box.

[edit] Synonyms

• (GUI): widget

[edit] Derived terms

control character control panel cruise control in control master control

mind control out of control proportional control race control self-control under control

[edit] Related terms

• regulation

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[edit] External links

• control in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• control in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• Control on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Control in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Noun

control m. (plural controles)

1. Control, or running of a business
2. Control of a machine. mando
3. Control or emotional restraint. self-control