Regulative: alternatives and connections

A dam or mole made in the course of a stream for the purpose of regulating the flow of a system of irrigation.

A statute or ordinance in general. Specifically: (1) A statute regulating the weight, measure, and proportions of ingredients and the…

The act of attempering or regulating.

Pertaining to, or produced by, an automaton; of the nature of an automaton; self-acting or self-regulating under fixed conditions; --…

A machine, used for the purpose of giving cloth, paper, etc., a smooth, even, and glossy or glazed surface, by cold or hot pressure, o…

A kind of hydraulic brake for regulating the action of pumping engines and other machines; -- sometimes called dashpot.

Presiding over, or regulating, climates.

Loading or tending; helpful; contributive; tending to promote.

Power or authority to check or restrain; restraining or regulating influence; superintendence; government; as, children should be unde…

tending to one point of focus; tending to approach each other; converging.

The act of coordinating; the act of putting in the same order, class, rank, dignity, etc.; as, the coordination of the executive, the…

An edict or law made by a council for regulating any business within their jurisdiction; as, the decrees of ecclesiastical councils.

Of or performance to diet, or to the rules for regulating the kind and quantity of food to be eaten.

The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the dire…

The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property…

Disposing; tending to regulate; decretive.

The system of rules and regulations by which anything is managed; orderly system of regulating the distribution and uses of parts, con…

the doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct