regulates
Keeps in check
Regulates means controls or maintains according to rules, standards, or requirements.
A thermostat regulates temperature.
Government agencies regulate industries.
The body regulates blood sugar.
The FDA regulates food safety.
To regulate is to bring order, consistency, or compliance to something that might otherwise vary or run unchecked.
Compels obedience to
- managesDirects or copes
- administersManages or dispenses
- overseesDirects and monitors
- supervisesDirects others' work
monitors · polices · directs · commands · coordinates · modulates · adjusts · guides
State of balance
- homeostasisBiological internal stability maintenance
- stabilityResistance to displacement
- modulationVarying signals to transmit
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
calibration · compensation · feedback · thermostat · metabolism · hormones · insulin · cortisol
Official enactment of statutes
- policiesAdopted courses of action
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
enforcement · compliance · statutes · government · institutions · bureaucracy · administration · ordinances
Adjusting for measurement accuracy
- benchmarkingMeasuring against top performers
- normalizationAdjusting to a standard
- specificationsStated requirements and parameters
- criteriaStandards for judgment
uniformity · consistency · accreditation · metrics · guidelines · protocols · parameters · codification
enforces
Compels obedience to
- managesDirects or copes
- administersManages or dispenses
- overseesDirects and monitors
supervises · monitors · polices · directs · commands · coordinates · modulates · adjusts · guides · steers
equilibrium
State of balance
- homeostasisBiological internal stability maintenance
- stabilityResistance to displacement
- modulationVarying signals to transmit
adjustment · calibration · compensation · feedback · thermostat · metabolism · hormones · insulin · cortisol · thyroid
legislation
Official enactment of statutes
- policiesAdopted courses of action
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
oversight · enforcement · compliance · statutes · government · institutions · bureaucracy · administration · ordinances · mandates
calibration
Adjusting for measurement accuracy
- benchmarkingMeasuring against top performers
- normalizationAdjusting to a standard
- specificationsStated requirements and parameters
criteria · uniformity · consistency · accreditation · metrics · guidelines · protocols · parameters · codification · certification
throttles
Restricts airflow or speed
current · voltage · speed · volume · output · intake · discharge · flux · rate · tempo
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Removes governmental controls
frees · liberalizes · unleashes · lets go · releases
regulatesdisrupts
Interferes with normal operation
destabilizes · deranges · disorders · disorganizes · unsettles
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Removes governmental controls
ignores · neglects · overlooks · disregards · abandons
- regulatory oversightOfficial monitoring of compliance
- food safety regulationsRules protecting consumers from contamination
- park regulationsOfficial conduct requirements outdoors
- trade regulationsRules governing commercial exchange
- noise regulationsLaws controlling volume levels
- voltage regulatorsCircuits controlling electrical potential
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