control /kən-trōlˈ/

1. Restraint
2. Authority
3. Command
4. Regulation
5. A check
6. A means of operating, regulating, directing or testing
7. A station for doing so
8. A scientific experiment performed without variables to provide a standard of comparison for other experiments (also control experiment)
9. A subject or group of subjects (control group) providing such a standard of comparison
10. A number or letter printed on a sheet of postage stamps as an indication of authenticity (also control mark)
11. A disembodied spirit or other agency supposed to direct a spiritualistic medium
12. A lever (‘joystick’) or wheel to move ailerons and elevator, and so control the movements of aircraft (also control column, lever or stick)
13. An aerofoil that controls the movements of an aircraft, such as rudder, elevator or stabilizer (also control surface)
14. A control key (computing)
15. A secret service agent who supervises other agents

Relating to control

1. To check
2. To restrain
3. To govern
4. To command or operate

—Formerly comptrollˈ, countrolˈ, controulˈ

contrōllabilˈity noun

controllˈable adjective

Capable of or subject to control

controllˈably adverb

controllˈer noun

1. A person who supervises financial affairs or examines financial accounts (also comptrollˈer)
2. An official authorized to control some activity or department
3. A person who controls or regulates
4. An apparatus for regulating, eg the speed of an electric car

controllˈership noun

controlˈment noun

1. The act or power of controlling
2. The state of being controlled
3. Control

control account noun (bookkeeping)

An account recording debit and credit totals of other accounts, used for cross-checking purposes and the preparation of financial statements

control character noun (computing)

A keyboard character which is not printed but which starts or controls an operation or device

control engineering noun

The study of the way in which complex systems respond to their controls

control event noun (finance)

A share transaction between companies that gives one of them a controlling interest

control freak noun (informal)

Someone who is extremely or obsessively reluctant to share power or responsibility with others

control key noun (computing)

A key on a computer keyboard which when used in conjunction with standard keys will perform a variety of functions, eg editing

controlled airspace noun

Clearly defined areas in which an aircraft may fly only if it is under radio instructions from air-traffic control

controlled drug noun

Any of certain drugs (incl morphine, cocaine, heroin, etc) to the manufacture, prescribing, etc of which stringent regulations apply (Controlled Drugs Act the act under which these drugs are scheduled)

controlling interest noun

Number of shares sufficient to ensure control over the running of a company

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