different between regulation vs synapsin

English

Etymology

From regulate +? -ion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????j??le???n/
• Hyphenation: reg?u?la?tion

Noun

regulation (countable and uncountable, plural regulations)

1. (uncountable) The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated.
2. (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.

3. 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.
4. (European Union law) A form of legislative act which is self-effecting, and requires no further intervention by the Member States to become law.
5. (genetics) Mechanism controlling DNA transcription.
6. (medicine) Physiological process which consists in maintaining homoeostasis.

Translations

Adjective

regulation (not comparable)

1. 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

English

Etymology

synapse +? -in

Noun

synapsin (plural synapsins)

1. (biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins implicated in the regulation of neurotransmitter release at synapses

Derived terms

• antisynapsin

Finnish

Noun

synapsin

1. Genitive singular form of synapsi.