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controller

[ kuhn-troh-ler ]

noun

  1. an employee, often an officer, of a business firm who checks expenditures, finances, etc.; comptroller.
  2. a person who regulates, directs, or restrains.
  3. British Aeronautics. a dispatcher.
  4. a regulating mechanism; governor.
  5. Also called control unit, processor. Computers. the key component of a device, as a terminal, printer, or external storage unit, that contains the circuitry necessary to interpret and execute instructions fed into the device.
  6. Digital Technology. a remote piece of hardware used to direct or control an electronic device:

    a video game controller.



controller

/ kənˈtrəʊlə /

noun

  1. a person who directs, regulates, or restrains
  2. Also calledcomptroller a business executive or government officer who is responsible for financial planning, control, etc
  3. the equipment concerned with controlling the operation of an electrical device


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Derived Forms

  • conˈtrollerˌship, noun

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Other Words From

  • con·troller·ship noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of controller1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English countrollour, from Anglo-French countrero(u)llour, Middle French contrerolleur, equivalent to contrerolle “duplicate roll” + -eur, -our, from Latin -ōr- or -ātōr- noun suffixes; control, -or 2, -ator

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Example Sentences

Padded armrests are important, as controllers usually force your arms to be extended outward.

Amid poor weather and low clouds, Zobayan had to get permission from air traffic controllers to pass through airspace with lower visibility than regulations typically allow.

The brain contains a controller that determines how the robot moves, interpreting sensory information from the environment and translating this into motor controls.

Pre-rendered cinematic scenes have also been upgraded, and controller support has been added to the PC edition.

Rather than leaving the scene untouched for safety investigators, a traffic controller at the rail yard told a train operator to move the trains off the track.

Your controller, however, vibrates heavily with each movement.

A controller is the least effective way to control the game.

On the other hand, the Xbox One controller is nearly perfect.

It started from an already-excellent template (the Xbox 360 controller) and improved on it in almost every way.

Whenever the motors kick in, a high-pitched whirring sound emanates from the controller, which is a major distraction.

Obeying the urgent appeals of the Food Controller, the littlest boys decided to go into sheep-raising.

The remarks that they make in hog language about the Food Controller on this farm would not look well in print.

She also announces that she is food controller for her family and doesn't care a "woof" for regulations that are made at Ottawa.

It is the justification, and ought to be the controller, of all ends, but is not itself the sole end.

I can remember distinctly that my father was a Controller, Third Class.

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