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regulation
English
Etymology
From regulate +? -ion.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????j??le???n/
- Hyphenation: reg?u?la?tion
Noun
regulation (countable and uncountable, plural regulations)
- (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.
- 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.
- (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.
Translations
Adjective
regulation (not comparable)
- In conformity with applicable rules and regulations.
Related terms
- rule
- ruler
- regulate
- regulator
- regulatory
- coregulation
- deregulation
- immunoregulation
Further reading
- regulation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- regulation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- urogenital
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propensity
English
Etymology
From propense (“inclined, disposed”) +? -ity, the former from Latin pr?pensus, perfect passive participle of pr?pende?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p???p?ns?ti/
Noun
propensity (countable and uncountable, plural propensities)
- An inclination, disposition, tendency, preference, or attraction.
- 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Lecture I:
- To the psychologist the religious propensities of man must be at least as interesting as any other of the facts pertaining to his mental constitution. It would seem, therefore, that, as a psychologist, the natural thing for me would be to invite you to a descriptive survey of those religious propensities.
- 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Lecture I:
Synonyms
- proclivity, propension, predilection, see also Thesaurus:predilection
Related terms
- propense
Translations
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