controls
Use Controls in a sentence
verb (used with object)
1.
to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command.
2.
to hold in check; curb: to control a horse; to control one's emotions.
3.
to test or verify (a scientific experiment) by a parallel experiment or other standard of comparison.
4.
to eliminate or prevent the flourishing or spread of: to control a forest fire.
5.
Obsolete. to check or regulate (transactions), originally by means of a duplicate register.
noun
6.
the act or power of controlling; regulation; domination or command: Who's in control here?
7.
the situation of being under the regulation, domination, or command of another: The car is out of control.
8.
check or restraint: Her anger is under control.
9.
a legal or official means of regulation or restraint: to institute wage and price controls.
10.
11.
a person who acts as a check; controller.
12.
a device for regulating and guiding a machine, as a motor or airplane.
13.
controls, a coordinated arrangement of such devices.
14.
prevention of the flourishing or spread of something undesirable: rodent control.
15.
Baseball. the ability of a pitcher to throw the ball into the strike zone consistently: The rookie pitcher has great power but no control.
16.
Philately. any device printed on a postage or revenue stamp to authenticate it as a government issue or to identify it for bookkeeping purposes.
17.
a spiritual agency believed to assist a medium at a séance.
18.
the supervisor to whom an espionage agent reports when in the field.
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Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English co(u)ntrollen (v.) < Anglo-French contreroller to keep a duplicate account or roll, derivative of contrerolle (noun). See counter-, roll
1425–75; late Middle English co(u)ntrollen (v.) < Anglo-French contreroller to keep a duplicate account or roll, derivative of contrerolle (noun). See counter-, roll
Related forms
con·trol·la·ble, adjective, noun
con·trol·la·bil·i·ty, con·trol·la·ble·ness, noun
con·trol·la·bly, adverb
con·trol·less, adjective
con·trol·ling·ly, adverb
non·con·trol·la·ble, adjective
non·con·trol·la·ble·ly, adverb
non·con·trolled, adjective
non·con·trol·ling, adjective
o·ver·con·trol, verb (used with object), o·ver·con·trolled, o·ver·con·trol·ling, noun
pre·con·trol, noun, verb (used with object), pre·con·trolled, pre·con·trol·ling.
qua·si-con·trolled, adjective
qua·si-con·trol·ling, adjective
sub·con·trol, verb (used with object), sub·con·trolled, sub·con·trol·ling.
su·per·con·trol, noun
un·con·trolled, adjective
un·con·trol·ling, adjective
well-con·trolled, adjective
Synonyms
1. manage, govern, rule. 2. restrain, bridle, constrain. 6. management, government, reign, rule, mastery. See authority.
1. manage, govern, rule. 2. restrain, bridle, constrain. 6. management, government, reign, rule, mastery. See authority.
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control variable
noun
1.
Also called control. Statistics. a person, group, event, etc., that is used as a constant and unchanging standard of comparison in scientific experimentation. Compare dependent variable ( def 2 ), independent variable ( def 2 ).
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control (kənˈtrəʊl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb , -trols, -trolling, -trolled | |
| 1. | to command, direct, or rule: to control a country |
| 2. | to check, limit, curb, or regulate; restrain: to control one's emotions; to control a fire |
| 3. | to regulate or operate (a machine) |
| 4. | to verify (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment in which the variable being investigated is held constant or is compared with a standard |
| 5. | a. to regulate (financial affairs) |
| b. to examine and verify (financial accounts) | |
| 6. | to restrict or regulate the authorized supply of (certain substances, such as drugs) |
| —n | |
| 7. | power to direct or determine: under control; out of control |
| 8. | a means of regulation or restraint; curb; check: a frontier control |
| 9. | (often plural) a device or mechanism for operating a car, aircraft, etc |
| 10. | a standard of comparison used in a statistical analysis or scientific experiment |
| 11. | a. a device that regulates the operation of a machine. A dynamic control is one that incorporates a governor so that it responds to the output of the machine it regulates |
| b. (as modifier): control panel; control room | |
| 12. | spiritualism an agency believed to assist the medium in a séance |
| 13. | Also called: control mark a letter, or letter and number, printed on a sheet of postage stamps, indicating authenticity, date, and series of issue |
| 14. | one of a number of checkpoints on a car rally, orienteering course, etc, where competitors check in and their time, performance, etc, is recorded |
| [C15: from Old French conteroller to regulate, from contrerolle duplicate register, system of checking, from contre- | |
| con'trollable | |
| —adj | |
| controlla'bility | |
| —n | |
| con'trollableness | |
| —n | |
| con'trollably | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
control
early 14c., "to check, verify, regulate," from Anglo-Norm. contreroller "exert authority," from M.L. contrarotulus "a counter, register," from L. contra- "against" (see contra) + rotulus, dim. of rota "wheel" (see roll). From a medieval method of
checking accounts by a duplicate register. Sense of "dominate, direct" is c.1450. Related: Controllable (1570s); controlled (1580s; of rent, from c.1930); controlling (1520s). Control group in scientific experiments is attested from 1952 (from a sense of control attested since 1875). Control freak is late 1960s slang.
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Medical Dictionary
control con·trol (kən-trōl')
v. con·trolled, con·trol·ling, con·trols
To verify or regulate a scientific experiment by conducting a parallel experiment or by comparing with another standard.
To hold in restraint; check.
A standard of comparison for checking or verifying the results of an experiment.
An individual or group used as a standard of comparison in a control experiment.
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Science Dictionary
control  (kən-trōl') Pronunciation Key
A standard of comparison for checking or verifying the results of an experiment. In an experiment to test the effectiveness of a new drug, for example, one group of subjects (the control group) receives an inactive substance or placebo , while a comparison group receives the drug being tested. |
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Example sentences
Government price controls and subsidies have been steadily dismantled.
He wants people to adopt a frog and forget the widely used chemical controls.
The odds that your pilot is drunk and actually at the controls of the plane are infinitely less than the road scenario.
The controls are easy to get at and easy to operate.
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