regulation

Adjective

• prescribed by or according to regulation
  • regulation army equipment
    

Noun

• the act of controlling or directing according to rule
  • fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians
    

• the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular

• (embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered

• the state of being controlled or governed

• a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
  • it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast
    
  • short haircuts were the regulation
    

• an authoritative rule

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  regulating , regularization , regularisation , rule , ordinance