Definitions from Wiktionary (control)
▸ verb: (transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
▸ verb: (transitive, statistics) (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated.
▸ verb: (transitive, archaic) To verify the accuracy of (something or someone, especially a financial account) by comparison with another account.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To call to account, to take to task, to challenge.
▸ verb: (transitive) To hold in check, to curb, to restrain.
▸ noun: (countable, uncountable) An influence or authority over something.
▸ noun: The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
▸ noun: Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
▸ noun: A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.
▸ noun: (project management) A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan.
▸ noun: A control group or control experiment.
▸ noun: A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
▸ noun: (graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box.
▸ noun: (climatology) Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution of land and water, altitude, exposure, prevailing winds, permanent high- or low-barometric-pressure areas, ocean currents, mountain barriers, soil, and vegetation.
▸ noun: (linguistics) A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an expression in context. See control.
▸ noun: (spiritualism, parapsychology) A spirit that takes possession of a psychic or medium and allows other spirits to communicate with the living.
▸ noun: (cycling, countable) A checkpoint along an audax route.
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▸ verb: (transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
▸ verb: (transitive, statistics) (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated.
▸ verb: (transitive, archaic) To verify the accuracy of (something or someone, especially a financial account) by comparison with another account.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To call to account, to take to task, to challenge.
▸ verb: (transitive) To hold in check, to curb, to restrain.
▸ noun: (countable, uncountable) An influence or authority over something.
▸ noun: The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
▸ noun: Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
▸ noun: A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.
▸ noun: (project management) A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan.
▸ noun: A control group or control experiment.
▸ noun: A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
▸ noun: (graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box.
▸ noun: (climatology) Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution of land and water, altitude, exposure, prevailing winds, permanent high- or low-barometric-pressure areas, ocean currents, mountain barriers, soil, and vegetation.
▸ noun: (linguistics) A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an expression in context. See control.
▸ noun: (spiritualism, parapsychology) A spirit that takes possession of a psychic or medium and allows other spirits to communicate with the living.
▸ noun: (cycling, countable) A checkpoint along an audax route.
▸ Also see control
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normal,
internal,
social,
healthy,
direct,
strict,
environmental,
administrative,
external,
appropriate,
economic
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