Found 3 items, similar to regulating.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: regulate
mengatur, mengaturtepatkan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: regulating
regulating
n : the act of controlling or directing according to rule;
“fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians”
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regulation]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Regulating
Regulate
\Reg"u*late\ (-l[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Regulated
(-l[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Regulating.] [L.
regulatus, p. p. of regulare, fr. regula. See
Regular.]
1. To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct
by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles
or laws.
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The laws which regulate the successions of the
seasons. --Macaulay.
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The herdsmen near the frontier adjudicated their own
disputes, and regulated their own police.
--Bancroft.
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2. To put in good order; as, to regulate the disordered state
of a nation or its finances.
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3. To adjust, or maintain, with respect to a desired rate,
degree, or condition; as, to regulate the temperature of a
room, the pressure of steam, the speed of a machine, etc.
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To regulate a watch or
To regulate a clock, to adjust its
rate of running so that it will keep approximately
standard time.
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Syn: To adjust; dispose; methodize; arrange; direct; order;
rule; govern.
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