regulating

Definitions of regulating

1. noun

   the act of controlling or directing according to rule
   synonyms: regulation

   types:

   devaluation

   an official lowering of a nation's currency; a decrease in the value of a country's currency relative to that of foreign countries

   gun control

   efforts to regulate or control sales of guns

   indexation

   a system of economic regulation: wages and interest are tied to the cost-of-living index in order to reduce the effects of inflation

   timing

   the regulation of occurrence, pace, or coordination to achieve a desired effect (as in music, theater, athletics, mechanics)

   limitation, restriction

   an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)

   coordination

   the regulation of diverse elements into an integrated and harmonious operation

   load-shedding

   cutting off the electric current on certain lines when the demand becomes greater than the supply

   arms control

   a limitation on the size and armament of the armed forces of a country

   hold-down

   a limitation or constraint

   freeze

   fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level

   clampdown

   sudden restriction on an activity

   type of:

   control

   the activity of managing or exerting control over something