Dictionary

regulation

Etymology

From regulate + -ion.

Pronunciation

Noun

regulation

(uncountable) The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated.
(countable) 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.
(law, often, in the plural) A type of law made by the executive branch of a government, usually as authorized by a statute made by the legislative branch giving the executive the authority to do so.
Coordinate term: statute
1. (countable, in the singular) A numbered provision within such kind of legislation.
  Defence Regulation 18B authorized the British government to intern suspected spies and collaborators during World War II.
(European Union law) A form of legislative act which is self-effecting, and requires no further intervention by the Member States to become law.
(genetics) Mechanism controlling DNA transcription.
(medicine) Physiological process which consists in maintaining homoeostasis.