regulation

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Adjective 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 External links 1.4 Anagrams

[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Etymology

< Mediaeval Latin *regulatio < regulare (“‘to regulate’”); see regulate.

[edit] Adjective

regulation (not comparable)

1. In conformity with applicable rules and regulations.
   • 1969, Thomas Wiseman, The Quick and the Dead, page 328:

     It is regulation that these directives are to be destroyed on receipt.

   • 2004, Marc Miller, The Kettles and the Keeps: Ghosts at War, page 88:

     "The hat is regulation as well, I assume."

   • 2007, Jim Butcher, Captain's Fury, page 48:

     It is the responsibility of every legionare to be sure that he is regulation height as well.

[edit] Noun

regulation (plural regulations)

1. A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization.

   Army regulations state a soldier AWOL over 30 days is a deserter.

[edit] Derived terms

• bank regulation
• financial regulation

[edit] Related terms

• rule
• ruler
• regulate
• regulator
• deregulation

[edit] Translations

[edit] External links

• regulation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• regulation in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aegilnortu
• urogenital