Reg·u·la·tion n.
  1. The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated.
     The temper and regulation of our own minds.   --Macaulay.
  2. A rule or order prescribed for management or government; prescription; a regulating principle; a governing direction; precept; law; as, the regulations of a society or a school.
  Regulation sword, cap, uniform, etc. Mil., a sword, cap, uniform, etc., of the kind or quality prescribed by the official regulations.
  Syn: -- Law; rule; method; principle; order; precept. See Law.
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