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English Dictionary: regulated	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for regulated
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
regulated adj controlled or governed according to rule or principle or law; "well regulated industries"; "houses with regulated temperature" Antonym(s): unregulated
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Regulate \Reg"ulate\ (-l[amac]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Regulated} (-l[amac]`t[ecr]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Regulating}.] [L. regulatus, p. p. of regulare, fr. regula. See {Regular}.] 1. To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles or laws. The laws which regulate the successions of the seasons. --Macaulay. The herdsmen near the frontier adjudicated their own disputes, and regulated* their own police. --Bancroft. 2. To put in good order; as, to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances. 3. To adjust, or maintain, with respect to a desired rate, degree, or condition; as, to regulate the temperature of a room, the pressure of steam, the speed of a machine, etc. {To regulate a watch} [or] {clock}, to adjust its rate of running so that it will keep approximately standard time. Syn: To adjust; dispose; methodize; arrange; direct; order; rule; govern.