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Princeton's WordNet

  1. regulation, regulatingnoun

    the act of controlling or directing according to rule

    "fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians"

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  1. regulating

    Regulating refers to the act of controlling, managing, or supervising a process or activity usually through establishing rules, laws, or standards. It implies the establishment of guidelines or protocols to monitor behavior or operations, maintain order, or achieve consistency or accuracy in a system. This applies to various contexts, such as government regulation of business practices, or physiological regulation of bodily functions.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Regulating

    of Regulate

Editors Contribution

  1. regulatingverb

    Verb form of the word regulate.

    The reservoir water management system was always regulating the flow of water through the water management system.


    Submitted by MaryC on April 9, 2020  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of regulating in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of regulating in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of regulating in a Sentence

  1. Jonas Gregorio de Souza:

    The Amazon is crucial to regulating the Earth’s climate, and knowing more about its history will help everyone make informed decisions about how it should be cared for in the future.

  2. Emily Edlynn:

    You are co-regulating( emotions) with Nationwide Children. They need the physical comfort, the one-on-one connection.

  3. Sekyu Choi:

    Under both normal and stress conditions, adding Gas6 was sufficient to activate hair follicle stem cells that were in the resting phase and to promote hair growth, in the future, the Gas6 pathway could be exploited for its potential in activating stem cells to promote hair growth. It will also be very interesting to explore if other stress-related tissue changes are related to the stress hormone’s impact on regulating Gas6.

  4. Eva Muller:

    In the past agriculture was focused on producing food, and forestry was focusing on something else, they were never talking to each other so sometimes their policies ended up being even contradictive, if you're really looking at sustainable development, and this is what everybody wants, we need the forests because they are essential for regulating water flows, storing carbon and preserving soils.

  5. Eva Muller:

    If you're really looking at sustainable development, and this is what everybody wants, we need the forests because they are essential for regulating water flows, storing carbon and preserving soils.

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