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Regulation

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A documented rule or directive created and maintained by a governing authority.

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Rules or laws defined and enforced by an authority to regulate conduct

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the act of controlling or directing according to rule

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the act of bringing to uniformity

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a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior

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an authoritative rule

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

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the state of being controlled or governed

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

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Information Class

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Variants

synonym
applicable regulationordinanceregularizationregulatingrule
plural
Regulations
possessive
Regulation's
pluralpossessive
Regulations'