The meaning of the word control

Verb



The parents could not control their child.



The police controlled the crowd.



The small boy could not control the big dog.



Her family controls the business.



One country controls the whole island.



The rebel army now controls nearly half the country.



The lights on stage are controlled by this computer.



She struggled to control the cart as it rolled before her down the steep, bumpy road.



He controlled the volume by turning the radio’s knob.



A thermostat controls the room’s temperature.

Noun



The city wanted local control of education.



The tribes fought for control over the territory.



He took control of the family farm.



She hired an accountant to take control of her money.



He lost all muscle control in his left arm.



The soccer player showed good control of the ball.



a teacher with good control of her students



The farmer used an organic pest control on his crops.



To cut down on competition, the government passed price controls on prescription drugs.



The President wants stricter controls on immigration.

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Recent Examples on the Web



The box is temperature-controlled and comes with a dual alarm system and a surveillance system that lets employees monitor the inside.


al, 10 Apr. 2023





The box is temperature-controlled and comes with a dual alarm system and a surveillance system that lets employees monitor the inside.


Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2023





Israeli authorities control access to the area but the compound is administered by Islamic and Jordanian officials.


Isabel Debre, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Apr. 2023





Israeli authorities control access to the area but the compound is administered by Islamic and Jordanian officials.


Josef Federman, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2023





Israeli authorities control access to the area but the compound is administered by Islamic and Jordanian officials.


Isabel Debre, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Apr. 2023





The team analyzed this data to look for correlations between home runs and temperature while controlling for a host of other potentially confounding variables, such as stadiums with different dimensions, the rise of steroid use and players altering their swings to hit more balls out of the park.


Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Apr. 2023





And Americans seem to agree that the recent bank instability has mostly been controlled.


Will Daniel, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2023





The tool’s design is sleek, with a heat-controlling touch screen on the inside of the handle.


People Staff, Peoplemag, 6 Apr. 2023




The sense that things can get worse and can spin out of control domestically, that January 6 may not necessarily be an anomaly.


Indigo Olivier, The New Republic, 10 Apr. 2023





One set of experts said the issue has gotten so out of control that the state should consider a takeover of the Cook County courts.


Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2023





Their content policy also states that users should not upload images of people without their consent. MORE: Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak and other tech leaders warn ‘out-of-control‘ AI poses ‘profound risks’ Why are experts alarmed?


Emmanuelle Saliba, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2023





Maybe the entire universe is constantly undergoing this out-of-control rapid expansion, but pieces of it branch off and settle down into something more sedate.


Popular Mechanics, 7 Apr. 2023





But Mata’s lack of control (11.3 percent career walk rate, 13.3 percent in 2022) has suggested a bullpen role.


Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Apr. 2023





The Crumbleys are accused of ignoring a troubled son who prosecutors say was spiraling out of control.


Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 7 Apr. 2023





Half of the train rolled out of control away from the other half.


Dan Schwartz, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2023





Covid, meanwhile, was so out of control that as many Americans died in year two as in year one despite widespread vaccination.


wsj.com, 7 Apr. 2023



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[ kuhn-trohl ]

/ kənˈtroʊl /

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verb (used with object), con·trolled, con·trol·ling.

to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate: command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds.That zone is controlled by enemy troops.

to hold in check; curb: to control a horse;to control one’s emotions.

to test or verify (a scientific experiment) by a parallel experiment or other standard of comparison.

to eliminate or prevent the flourishing or spread of: to control a forest fire.

Biology. (of an organism) to initiate an internal response to external stimuli.

Obsolete. to check or regulate (transactions), originally by means of a duplicate register.

noun

the act or power of controlling; regulation; domination or command: Who’s in control here?

the situation of being under the regulation, domination, or command of another: The car is out of control.

check or restraint: Her anger is under control.

a legal or official means of regulation or restraint: to institute wage and price controls.

a person who acts as a check; controller.

a device for regulating and guiding a machine, as a motor or airplane.

controls, a coordinated arrangement of such devices.

prevention of the flourishing or spread of something undesirable: rodent control.

Biology. an organism’s ability to initiate an internal response to external stimuli (distinguished from regulation).

Baseball. the ability of a pitcher to throw the ball into the strike zone consistently: The rookie pitcher has great power but no control.

Philately. any device printed on a postage or revenue stamp to authenticate it as a government issue or to identify it for bookkeeping purposes.

a spiritual agency believed to assist a medium at a séance.

the supervisor to whom an espionage agent reports when in the field.

Verb Phrases

control for, Statistics. to account for (variables in an analysis) by limiting the data under consideration to a comparison of like things: to control for demographic factors.

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Origin of control

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English co(u)ntrollen (verb), from Anglo-French contreroller “to keep a duplicate account or roll,” derivative of contrerolle (noun); see counter-, roll

OTHER WORDS FROM control

con·trol·la·ble, adjective, nouncon·trol·la·bil·i·ty [kuhn-troh-luhbil-i-tee], /kənˌtroʊ ləˈbɪl ɪ ti/, con·trol·la·ble·ness, nouncon·trol·la·bly, adverbcon·trol·less, adjective

con·trol·ling·ly, adverbnon·con·trol·la·ble, adjectivenon·con·trol·la·bly, adverbnon·con·trolled, adjectivenon·con·trol·ling, adjectiveo·ver·con·trol, verb (used with object), o·ver·con·trolled, o·ver·con·trol·ling, nounpre·con·trol, noun, verb (used with object), pre·con·trolled, pre·con·trol·ling.qua·si-con·trolled, adjectivequa·si-con·trol·ling, adjectivesub·con·trol, verb (used with object), sub·con·trolled, sub·con·trol·ling.su·per·con·trol, nounun·con·trolled, adjectiveun·con·trol·ling, adjectivewell-con·trolled, adjective

Words nearby control

contrite, contrition, contrivance, contrive, contrived, control, control account, control board, control center, control character, control chart

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MORE ABOUT CONTROL

What does control mean?

To control is to dominate or command something or someone, as in Tomas showed excellent control of his hand several weeks after his surgery.

As a noun, control can refer to the act of controlling, as in I can’t stand it—my parents have total control over my life!

To control is also to restrain or keep in check, as in Toddlers are not known for control over their emotions.

Control can also refer to keeping something in check. When you keep your emotions under control, you still feel them but you don’t let them overwhelm you.

To control can also mean to eliminate the spread of something, such as with a fire or an illness.

In statistics, to control for means to compare only like data to reduce the number of variables in the comparison.

Example: Who has control of the lights for tonight’s show?

Where does control come from?

The first records of the term control come from the 1400s. It ultimately comes from the Anglo-French contreroller, meaning “to keep a duplicate roll of.”

In the sciences, control takes on another specific definition, meaning “a person, object, or group that is kept in a constant, unchanging state throughout the experiment.” In order to test if an independent variable was actually the cause for a change, a control group that doesn’t have the independent variable is created. This way, the results of both the control group and the testing group can be compared.

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How is control used in real life?

Control is a common word used to talk about command or restriction in many situations.

Guardians of the Galaxy is surprisingly good. Trailers made the game look like pure trash, but they managed to both capture the appeal of the first movie and make a fun game. It’s buggy as heck though and I think the control layout could have been much better.

— Jason (@panzerjedi) December 9, 2021

Roughing the Passer calls are absolutely out of control.

— JJ Watt (@JJWatt) September 25, 2018

My facial hair is getting out of control

— michael clifford on tour (@Michael5SOS) April 5, 2015

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Is control used correctly in the following sentence?

My parents gave me control over my college fund, so now I can withdraw money for tuition.

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What are other ways to say control?

The noun control means “domination or command.” How is control different from authority and influence? Find out on Thesaurus.com

Words related to control

authority, curb, discipline, domination, force, government, jurisdiction, management, oversight, regulation, restraint, restriction, rule, supervision, administer, command, conduct, deal with, dominate, govern

How to use control in a sentence

  • Companies like Rice Up still promote rice cakes as a whole-grain option for weight control.

  • I was talking about what we’re doing is under control, but I’m not talking about the virus.

  • Alexander also requested an extraordinary amount of control over the reports, asking that he be allowed to review them before publication and even make edits.

  • At the beginning, before anybody knew what it was, I spoke with President Xi, and he said, we are doing it well, we have it under control.

  • A month later, a Fox News poll found 70 percent of likely voters felt the pandemic was “not at all” or “somewhat” under control.

  • From there we took the train to Nice, France, but the French border control caught us and sent us back to Italy.

  • Spin control began, Florida-style: the opinion only covers some counties, some people, some times.

  • He seemed by all appearances perfectly happy to let the Republicans control the state senate.

  • The police cannot ultimately control public opinion unilaterally.

  • So not only will the GOP have control in the Senate, it will move the center of gravity on Capitol Hill hard to starboard.

  • Solely over one man therein thou hast quite absolute control.

  • In a few minutes, however, he had it again under control, and they soon reached the berg.

  • A certain amount of his ill-humour vented, Tressan made an effort to regain his self-control.

  • The nativesʼ anxiety to oust the Spaniards was far stronger than their wish to be under American, or indeed any foreign, control.

  • The marvelous improvements in mechanism and tone production and control in 1886 to 1913 by Robt.

British Dictionary definitions for control


verb -trols, -trolling or -trolled (tr)

to command, direct, or ruleto control a country

to check, limit, curb, or regulate; restrainto control one’s emotions; to control a fire

to regulate or operate (a machine)

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

  1. to regulate (financial affairs)
  2. to examine and verify (financial accounts)

to restrict or regulate the authorized supply of (certain substances, such as drugs)

noun

power to direct or determineunder control; out of control

a means of regulation or restraint; curb; checka frontier control

(often plural) a device or mechanism for operating a car, aircraft, etc

a standard of comparison used in a statistical analysis or scientific experiment

  1. 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
  2. (as modifier)control panel; control room

spiritualism an agency believed to assist the medium in a séance

Also called: control mark a letter, or letter and number, printed on a sheet of postage stamps, indicating authenticity, date, and series of issue

one of a number of checkpoints on a car rally, orienteering course, etc, where competitors check in and their time, performance, etc, is recorded

Derived forms of control

controllable, adjectivecontrollability or controllableness, nouncontrollably, adverb

Word Origin for control

C15: from Old French conteroller to regulate, from contrerolle duplicate register, system of checking, from contre- counter- + rolle roll

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Scientific definitions for control


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.

The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Other Idioms and Phrases with control


see out of control; spin control.

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

  • Defenition of the word control

    • To exercise influence over, to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
    • To handle and cause to function.
    • To perform surgery on.
    • great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity; «a good command of French»
    • (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc; «the timing and control of his movements were unimpaired»; «he had lost control of his sphincters»
    • power to direct or determine: «under control»
    • the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc; «they wanted to repeal all the legislation that imposed economic controls»
    • a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance
    • a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another; «measures for the control of disease»; «they instituted controls over drinking on campus»
    • verify by using a duplicate register for comparison; «control an account»
    • exercise authoritative control or power over; «control the budget»; «Command the military forces»
    • a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine; «the speed control on his turntable was not working properly»; «I turned the controls over to her»
    • the activity of managing or exerting control over something; «the control of the mob by the police was admirable»
    • lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; «moderate your alcohol intake» «hold your tongue»; «hold your temper»; «control your anger»
    • verify or regulate by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard, of scientific experiments: «Are you controlling for the temperature?»
    • a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment; «the control condition was inappropriate for the conclusions he wished to draw»
    • the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; «her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her»
    • influence skilfully to one’s advantage; «She manipulates her boss»; «She is a very controlling mother and doesn’t let her children grow up»
    • have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of; «Do you control these data?»
    • handle and cause to function; «do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol»; «control the lever»
    • discipline in personal and social activities; «he was a model of polite restraint»; «she never lost control of herself»
    • be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something; «He verified that the valves were closed»; «See that the curtains are closed»; «control the quality of the product»
    • power to direct or determine; «under control»
    • the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.; «they wanted to repeal all the legislation that imposed economic controls»
    • control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one»s advantage; «She manipulates her boss»; «She is a very controlling mother and doesn»t let her children grow up»; «The teacher knew how to keep the class in line»; «she keeps in line»
    • lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; «moderate your alcohol intake»; «hold your tongue»; «hold your temper»; «control your anger»
    • verify or regulate by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard, of scientific experiments; «Are you controlling for the temperature?»
    • the activity of managing or exerting control over something
    • (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc
    • a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine
    • discipline in personal and social activities
    • power to direct or determine
    • great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity
    • a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment
    • the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.
    • a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another
    • the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
    • have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of
    • be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
    • verify by using a duplicate register for comparison
    • handle and cause to function
    • control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one’s advantage
    • exercise authoritative control or power over
    • lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
    • check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard

Synonyms for the word control

    • ascendance
    • ascendancy
    • ascendence
    • ascendency
    • ascertain
    • assure
    • be in charge of
    • be in command of
    • charge
    • check
    • command
    • constraint
    • contain
    • control condition
    • controller
    • controlling
    • curb
    • dictate
    • direct
    • direction
    • discipline
    • dominance
    • dominate
    • domination
    • ensure
    • handling
    • have a hold over
    • have power over
    • hegemony
    • hold
    • hold back
    • hold in
    • hold sway over
    • influence
    • inspect
    • inspection
    • insure
    • jurisdiction
    • keep in check
    • keep under control
    • limit
    • limitation
    • manage
    • management
    • manipulate
    • manipulation
    • master
    • mastery
    • moderate
    • monitor
    • operate
    • oppress
    • organize
    • power
    • regulate
    • regulation
    • rein in
    • restrain
    • restraint
    • restrict
    • restriction
    • rule
    • run
    • running
    • say
    • see
    • see to it
    • self-control
    • sway
    • verify

Similar words in the control

    • control
    • controllable
    • controlled
    • controlling
    • controls

Meronymys for the word control

    • experiment
    • experimentation

Hyponyms for the word control

    • abnegate
    • absolutism
    • ascendant
    • ascendent
    • authorisation
    • authority
    • authorization
    • aviate
    • base
    • bate
    • becharm
    • bound
    • call the shots
    • call the tune
    • cap
    • card
    • care
    • catch
    • ceiling
    • channelise
    • channelize
    • charm
    • cinch
    • confine
    • conquer
    • continence
    • control
    • corner
    • corporatism
    • counteract
    • countercheck
    • cover
    • cricify
    • cross-check
    • crowd control
    • crucify
    • cruise control
    • curb
    • damage control
    • damp
    • deal
    • deny
    • despotism
    • dial
    • direct
    • direction
    • disk controller
    • dominance
    • dominate
    • domination
    • dominion
    • double-check
    • draw rein
    • drive
    • electric switch
    • electrical switch
    • federalisation
    • federalization
    • flight control
    • flood control
    • floor
    • fly
    • gate
    • govern
    • governor
    • grasping
    • guidance
    • guide
    • handle
    • handwheel
    • harness
    • head
    • hold
    • hold one’s own
    • hold sway
    • imperialism
    • ingratiate
    • inhibit
    • inhibition
    • internal control
    • internationalise
    • internationalize
    • iron fist
    • joystick
    • limit
    • manage
    • maneuver
    • manoeuver
    • manoeuvre
    • master
    • mastery
    • moderation
    • monopolise
    • monopolize
    • monopoly
    • mortify
    • motor control
    • ownership
    • pedal
    • pilot
    • point
    • possession
    • potency
    • power trip
    • predominance
    • predomination
    • prehension
    • preoccupy
    • prepotency
    • preside
    • price control
    • price-fixing
    • proof
    • proofread
    • regiment
    • regularisation
    • regularization
    • regulating
    • regulation
    • regulator
    • rein
    • rein in
    • relay
    • repression
    • restrain
    • restraint
    • restrict
    • riot control
    • riot control operation
    • riot control operations
    • roof
    • rule
    • say-so
    • seizing
    • self-control
    • self-denial
    • self-discipline
    • self-restraint
    • spot-check
    • stamp down
    • steer
    • steerage
    • steering
    • subdue
    • submarine
    • suppress
    • supremacy
    • switch
    • synchronise
    • synchronize
    • taking hold
    • tease
    • temperance
    • temperateness
    • thermostat
    • throttle
    • traffic control
    • train
    • trammel
    • treadle
    • turn
    • tyranny
    • valve
    • wear the trousers

Hypernyms for the word control

    • activity
    • ascertain
    • assure
    • bodily function
    • bodily process
    • body process
    • check
    • condition
    • control
    • criterion
    • discipline
    • disembodied spirit
    • economic policy
    • ensure
    • essay
    • examine
    • hold back
    • insure
    • interact
    • keep
    • keep back
    • know
    • manipulate
    • mechanism
    • potency
    • power
    • powerfulness
    • prove
    • relation
    • restrain
    • see
    • see to it
    • skillfulness
    • spirit
    • standard
    • status
    • suppress
    • test
    • try
    • try out
    • verify

Antonyms for the word control

    • unrestraint

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    • Translation of the word in other languages emerging

If she can’t control her campaign how the heck can she * control* the giant bureacracy that is our government? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Grant it; and for the very same reason we wish steam with all the world; not that we may control the world, for this is costly and unremunerative, as Great Britain finds; but to conform it, and especially to _control_ its commerce. ❋ Thomas Rainey (N/A)

The captain, must, therefore, control the company through the platoon commanders — that is to say, he _actually directs_ the fire and the platoon commanders, assisted by the squad leaders, _actually control_ it. ❋ Unknown (1906)

These are the consequences inevitable to our public peace, from the scheme of rendering the executory government at once odious and feeble; of freeing administration from the constitutional and salutary control of Parliament, and inventing for it a _new control_, unknown to the constitution, an _interior cabinet_; which brings the whole body of government into confusion and contempt. ❋ Edmund Burke (1763)

Power grids fail, ­chemical plants ­explode, air traffic control systems break down, ­satellites spin out of ­control and so on. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And as to the second point — to wit, the failure on the part of the shipper to divest himself of the title and control of the property by a proper bill of lading — see 3rd Phillimore 610-12, as follows, viz.: «In ordinary shipments of goods, unaffected by the foregoing principles, the question of proprietary interest often turns on minute circumstances and distinctions, the general principle being, that if they are going for account of the shipper, or subject _to his order or control_, the property is not divested _in transitu» _ &c. ❋ Raphael Semmes (1843)

May he not learn to see and hear them without attempting, or desiring to _control_ them, more than he does his associates, his friends and neighbors on the physical plane, or allowing them to control him? » ❋ Unknown (1877)

In his 1977 book, Dispatches, Michael Herr, who had covered the Vietnam War for Esquire magazine, applied the term control freak to “one of those people who always … had to know what was coming next.” ❋ William Safire (2004)

From the Toolbox, drag and drop the Label control to the design surface. ❋ VBTeam (2011)

That’s the reason OBama’s in control, is helpless mindsets like yours that are willing to cough up your very existence to a bunch of corrupt democrats! ❋ Unknown (2009)

Only when the Repubs are in control is it true democracy. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Such hate filled liberals like this are now in control, is it any wonder the country is a mess? ❋ Unknown (2009)

He was helping her gain control from a very young age. ❋ Nalini Singh (2009)

The reason the democrats are in control is because people want the government to change from the past. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A change in control is seen as being good for lower taxes and producing jobs, all of which provides tailwinds for the IPO market. ❋ Lynn Cowan (2010)

The robot has no additional control from a human or a computer, its sole means of control is from its own brain. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Ideologies come and go with the ebb and tide of history and banking on your boys to stay in control is bad judgement. ❋ Unknown (2007)

And this time, Brady was in control from the start. ❋ Unknown (2007)

People [go out] of their way to have complete control of their life but seem to get very [lost] on this [journey] ❋ Dubiks (2018)

*girl* I thought I had total control over you, guess sometimes even I am wrong…
*guy* control this! ([drops] her off in the middle of the street and drives off)
*girl* now i am [falling] into [despair] (me: how pathetic?) ❋ Short Stuf (again) (2004)

Stop! Don’t mess with [my laptop] [settings]! Back away from my [controllable]!
You’re reading my text messages?! Are you crazy…you know my phone is one of my controllables! ❋ Stephanie Cooper (2008)

Mom: this [song] is [really good]. What’s it called?
Me: i know, it’s No Control mom *[squeals]* ❋ Bullshipper (2015)

*at an [art gallery]*
Jay: *staring at a large group of people looking at a painting* Isn’t that [Gemma’s] painting?
Nick: Yeah, she pulled a no control with her [art club] and got it featured. Became a huge hit. ❋ Larry.jpg (2015)

[Please] [pass] me the [controller]. ❋ Draft (2019)

[Dude], [control] yourself!! ❋ MrSpiffy (2009)

Our [power] is in our ability to [decide] to take [control]. ❋ SLg (2004)

Daniel: I ONLY DIED BECAUSE MY DAMN [CONTROLLER] BROKE!
Jack: [You died] because [you suck].
Daniel: FUCK YOU. ❋ Alee2006 (2018)

«She is my girlfriend, not your’s, and don’t even try the ‘I’m controlling her’ crap, because I’m not. [Here’s the deal]: You don’t send her flowers, you don’t talk bad [about me] to her, you don’t try to [arrange] outgoings with her.» ❋ Prince Harming (2008)

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The control of gene expression. Genetic control may be on the transcriptional or translational level. Transcriptional control works by controlling the number of RNA transcripts of a region of DNA, indirectly controlling protein synthesis. Translational control of protein synthesis works by regulating the step of translating RNA into protein.

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In research, control subjects or control procedures permit comparison with experimental results. The first controlled clinical research was probably done in 1875 by the British naval surgeon James Lind who, on board the HMS Salisbury, gave sailors with scurvy either oranges or lemons or cider or vinegar or nutmeg (or another treatment) and after ju [..]

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Control (individual or group or case) selected to be similar to a study individual or group, or case, in specific characteristics: some commonly used matching variables are age, sex, race and socio-ec [..]

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50% of the outstanding votes plus one vote.

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  Including the terms «controlling,» «controlled by,» and «under common control with,» means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the dir [..]

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The means of managing risk, including policies, procedures, guidelines, practices or organizational structures, which can be of an administrative, technical, management, or legal nature. Scope Notes: [..]

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Contrôle

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The ability to maintain balance and stability throughout the body while dancing.

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The measurement and correction of the performance of subordinates to ensure that organisational objectives and the plans for attaining them are being met. See Management information systems.

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1580s, from control (v.). Control freak is late 1960s slang.

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early 14c., «to check, verify, regulate,» from Anglo-French contreroller «exert authority,» from Medieval Latin contrarotulus «a counter, register,» from Latin contra- &q [..]

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Refer to «See Also» column to the right.

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The process of comparing actual performance with planned performance, analyzing the differences, and taking the appropriate corrective action. [D00355]

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The power to direct, regulate, manage, oversee, or restrict the affairs, business, or assets of a person or entity.

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a type of widget that specifically enables a user to interact with it to provide input, as opposed to a widget that merely displays a value (e.g. a gauge). Example include most of the common widgets: [..]

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exercise authoritative control or power over; "control the budget"; "Command the military forces" power to direct or determine; "under [..]

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There are at least three senses of "control" in statistics: a member of the control group, to whom no treatment is given; a controlled experiment, and to control for a possible confo [..]

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v. To exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.

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A sample or subject (animal/human) in which a parameter under investigation (cause or effect) is absent or is held constant, in order to provide a comparison. In an experimental study the experimental group is subjected to the factor under consideration, while the control group matches the experimental group in all aspects except that it is not sub [..]

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In scientific testing, to keep a variable or variables constant so that the impact of another factor can be better understood. To learn more, visit our side trip Designing fair tests.

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a product of known characteristics, which is included in a series of tests to provide a basis for evaluation of other products.

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Any action taken by management, the board, and other parties to manage risk and increase the likelihood that established objectives and goals will be achieved. Management plans, organizes, and directs the performance of sufficient actions to provide reasonable assurance that objectives and goals will be achieved.​

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 to confute.

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A specialized type of view (specifically, an instance of the UIControl class or one of its subclasses) that responds to user input.

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noun. 1. control, authority, or impact on incidences, behaviors, circumstances, or individuals. 2. the management of all external circumstances and factors in an experiment so that any modification in [..]

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A mechanism used to regulate or guide the operation of a machine, apparatus, process, or system.

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This refers to the Control key on your keyboard, it is often used for shortcuts.

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con·trolled con·trol·ling 1 : to exercise restraining or directing influence over esp. by law 2 : to have power or authority over [precedent s the outcome in this case] 3 : to have …

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    A duplicate setup, sample or observation treated identically to the rest of an experiment except for the variable being tested. And the control variable is meant to represent what’s normal [..]

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A factor in an investigation that is kept the same; the standard used for comparison.

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Control of disease means the disease is present in a percentage of a herd or flock and antibiotics are administered to decrease the spread of disease in the flock/herd while clinically ill animals are [..]

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The electrical system that directs the mover, that is, starts and accelerates the elevator, maintains contract speed, initiates and controls the slow down, leveling and stopping.   Usual control systems are generator field control utilizing a motor generator to convert the line ac to dc (dc being the main power for larger hoisting machines), and v [..]

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A system of speed control which is accomplished by the use of an individual motor driven generator for each elevator or dumbwaiter wherein the voltage, applied to the hoisting-machine motor, is adjusted and speed varied by varying the strength and direction of the generator field.

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The processes of making research conditions uniform or constant, so as to isolate the effect of the experimental condition. When it is not possible to control research conditions, statistical controls [..]

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standard used for comparison in an experiment; experiment run exactly the same way as the experiment with the variable, but the variable is left out. convection —

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A controlling voting power of 1 vote plus 50% of outstanding votes.

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The process by which the activities of an organization are conformed to a desired plan of action and the plan is conformed to the organization’s activities.

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The process of structuring an experiment so that the only forces affecting the outcome are the variables you are observing.

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Control means

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Control in MS-Windows-speak is component in Javanese. component

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The state wherein correct procedures are being followed and criteria are being met.

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(n) power to direct or determine(n) a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another(n) (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc(n)  [..]

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A standard of comparison in a scientific experiment (Lesson 1)

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(See Randomized controlled trial) A standard of comparison which can be a conventional practice, a placebo, or no intervention.

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A set of control stations established by geodetic methods.

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A point or set of points, the coordinates of which have been determined by survey, used for fixing the scale and position of a photogrammetrically determined NETWORK.

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The geometric data relating to the horizontal coordinates of a control station.

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Geodetic or other control established to provide scale, location, and orientation for photogrammetric NETWORK.

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The ELEVATIONS (or approximations thereto) associated with control points.

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in a science experiment, it is important to keep at least one variable constant so that the impact of the other variables can be accurately measured.

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CRB checkedA CRB check is a background check that is performed by the Criminal Records Bureau. It is essential that all people working with children or vulnerable adults are able to produce a current clear 'enhanced disclosure' before commencing work.

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Control is all important in publishing. The Administrating Publisher has the sole right to authorize the grant of licenses, for mechanical, print and synch rights on behalf of itself and the writer an [..]

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To regulate the operation of equipment.

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(air line;  See air lines)

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Scan systems transform lasers into highly flexible processing tools. The range of functionality strongly depends on both the controller and the scan system’s servo electronics. The servo electron [..]

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1) A device used to regulate the function of a unit. 2) A product of known characteristics which is included in a series of tests to provide a basis for evaluation of other products.

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The capability of controlling an electric load or motor from some point away from the immediate area of the load or motor.

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A control circuit which has its own incoming power supply, which is not associated with the incoming lines for the power circuit.

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A control circuit which uses an auxiliary contact to “seal in” a momentary push button. This keeps power flowing to the control coil even after the push button is released. This circuit will provide Low Voltage Protection.

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the system that exercises influence over the product. It allows for management and adjustment during operation.

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any manual or automatic device for the regulation of a machine to keep it at normal operation. If automatic, the device is motivated by variations in temperature, pressure, water level, time, light, or other influences.

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A measure used to protect official information from compromise of confidentiality, integrity and availability, or mitigate an identified threat to an agency’s people, information or assets. 

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The means of managing risk, including policies, procedures, guidelines, practices, or organizational structures, which can be of an administrative, technical, management, or legal nature.

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A device that controls a lighting system. A control can take the form of a dimmer, switch, or an occupancy sensor.

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 In direct mail promotional testing, the basic package against whose results other packages are compared. Usually, the control is the winning package in a previous test or tests.  

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in education, this most usually refers to the organised, purposive management of learners and learning environments by a teacher. It is most often understood as the authoritative direction and orderin [..]

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A set of control stations established by geodetic methods.

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A point or set of points, the coordinates of which have been determined by survey, used for fixing the scale and position of a photogrammetrically determined network.

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The geometric data relating to the horizontal coordinates of a control station.

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Geodetic or other control established to provide scale, location, and orientation for photogrammetric network.

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The elevations (or approximations thereto) associated with control points.

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to be in charge of, responsible for, to own; to take (1)

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Diminished ability of an individual to control his or her use of a psychoactive substance in terms of onset, level, or termination. «Impaired capacity to control’. is a criterion for the dependence syndrome in ICD-10. Impaired control is distinguished from loss of control in that the latter implies that the phenomenon prevails at all time [..]

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System of personnel and equipment that ensures the safe operation of commercial and private Aircraft.

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Evaluation, planning, and use of a range of procedures and airway devices for the Maintenance or restoration of a Patient’s Ventilation.

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Cellular mechanisms that ensure that all events occuring during specific times in the Cell Cycle are completed and without mistakes prior to progression to the next phase of the Cell Cycle.

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Programs of surveillance designed to prevent the transmission of Disease by any means from Person to Person or from Animal to man.

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The containment, Regulation, or restraint of costs. Costs are said to be contained when the value of resources committed to an activity is not considered excessive. This determination is frequently su [..]

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Efforts to prevent and control the spread of Infections within dental Health Facilities or those involving provision of Dental Care.

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Modulation of Heart Rate.

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Programs of Disease surveillance, generally within Health care facilities, designed to investigate, prevent, and control the spread of Infections and their causative microorganisms.

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Those Forms of control which are exerted in less concrete and tangible ways, as through folkways, mores, conventions, and public sentiment.

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The reduction or Regulation of the Population of noxious, destructive, or dangerous Insects through chemical, biological, or other means.

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Personality construct referring to an individual’s Perception of the locus of events as determined internally by his or her own Behavior versus fate, luck, or external forces. (ERIC Thesaurus, 19 [..]

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The reduction or Regulation of the Population of Mosquitoes through chemical, biological, or other means.

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The reduction or Regulation of the Population of noxious, destructive, or dangerous Insects, or other Animals.

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Includes mechanisms or Programs which control the numbers of individuals in a Population of Humans or Animals.

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Means of postcoital intervention to avoid Pregnancy, such as the administration of Postcoital Contraceptives to prevent Fertilization of an egg or implantation of a Fertilized Egg (Ovum Implantation).

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A system for verifying and maintaining a desired level of quality in a product or process by careful planning, use of proper equipment, continued inspection, and corrective action as required. (Random [..]

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The reduction or Regulation of the Population of noxious, destructive, or dangerous Rodents through chemical, biological, or other means.

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Chemical, biological, or medical measures designed to prevent the spread of Ticks or the concomitant infestations which result in Tick-Borne Diseases. It includes the veterinary as well as the Public [..]

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The prevention of Growth and or spread of unwanted Plants.

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A material having a known history, the performance of which has been established previously, and which is used as a standard of comparison.

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The systematic modification or maintenance of behavior by manipulating relevant conditions. The manipulation of conditions distinguishes control from prediction and interpretations. If control is not [..]

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The term control expresses the functional relation between a performance and the variable of which it is a function. Thus we say, «A performance is under the control of a level of deprivation,&qu [..]

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(as in «stimulus control»). An observed tendency for a probability or rate of

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a substance or product included in a trial that is used to compare its effect to that of the vaccine being studied. The control may be an inactive substance (placebo) or some other vaccine product.

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In clinical trials comparing two or more interventions, a control is a person in the comparison group that does not receive the medicine or treatment under evaluation. Instead that person receives a placebo, no intervention, usual care or another form of care. In case-control studies, a control is a person in the comparison group without the diseas [..]

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untreated subjects, or subjects given a standard treatment, for comparison with those given experimental (e.g. crop protection) treatment, syn. check. to prevent, retard or eliminate a disease (or pes [..]

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in experiments; subjects that provide a standard of comparison for new treatments — may include untreated subjects and subjects treated with standard known application

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From a safety point of view, control is being able to keep something locked down or within certain limits. If a hazard is controlled, then, while it can not be taken out completely, the danger that it poses can be reduced to acceptable limits.

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(noun) – The state wherein correct procedures are being followed and criteria are being met.

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The state in which correct procedures are followed and safety criteria are met. In HACCP, a process is in control when methods are in place that prevent, eliminate, or reduce hazards to acceptable levels.

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«Control» means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person, whether through ownership of voting securiti [..]

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to confute

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Situations in which ING owns, directly or indirectly, more than half of the voting power or over which ING has control of their operating and financial policies through situations including, but not l [..]

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The power to direct the management and policies of a business enterprise.

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Means of managing risk, including policies, procedures, guidelines, practices or organizational structures, which can be administrative, technical, management, or legal in nature.

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When we program computers to achieve outcomes that are not on the screen but on an attached device we are using control. This might be programming motors or a set of lights to come on in a certain sequence. Control also involves using devices connected to the computer to sense conditions and execute programs when these conditions are met. Pedestria [..]

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A temperature-control device, typically found on a wall inside the home. It consists of a series of sensors and relays that monitor and control the functions of a heating and cooling system. American Standard Heating & Air Conditioning’s programmable controls allow you to program different levels of comfort for different times of the day.

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How slowly, smoothly, accurately, and precisely one can execute a motion or a series of motions. Also refers to the coordination and manipulation of individual muscles as opposed to chunking actions i [..]

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Defines the container for a form control (e.g. text field, checkbox, etc.). Used with a &ltdiv&gt element nested in the .control-group. required Defines a required field. validation Used if yo [..]

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A nylon marker hung at each feature on the course. It has three sides, divided diagonally between white and red (or orange) halves. A punch for marking your control card is attached to the control, or [..]

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A style of play involving big late-game minions and spells. Usually combined with many forms of removal to make the early game survivable. Often a defensive archetype.

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Another well established deck already in Hearthstone. The control deck plans to survive and win out with a smaller number of more powerful threats in the late game. You are a Control Deck if you only play Ragnaros/Ysera/Lord Jaraxxus as win conditions and the rest of your game is just surviving until one of these big threats can win the game for yo [..]

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A control deck focuses on shutting down the opponent, and only wins the game later, at its own convenience.

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bringing the ball under control by cushioning its arrival at a player with a surface on the body

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possession and tempo are the key to having control of the soccer game. Oh yes, and a couple of goals!

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(1) ability to prevent the opponents from winning immediate tricks in a side suit at a trump contract [first-round control = ace or void, second-round control = king or singleton, and so on]

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1. A player whose pieces dominate any area, file or rank, on the board, is said to control that region. 2. When in reference to the Chess Glossary Team, «Out of» is the prefix you want, first.

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A holding that prevents the opponents from taking the first two tricks in a suit. An ace or void is a ‘first-round’ control; a king or a singleton is a ‘second-round’ control.

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The domination or sole use of a square, group of squares, file ordiagonal. One is also «in control» when one has the initiative.

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A liquid containing a known concentration of the substance which is to be tested. Used to determine (high / low / cutoff) limits and/or as reference for quality con-trol.

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A Character

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The concept of control over a certain stack includes both its current ownership and the availability of stacks which can move onto it. (This is similar to the concept of controlling a square in Chess. [..]

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In a case-control study, comparison group of persons without disease.

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A patient who does not have the disease or outcome.

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The phase in the evaluation of a firm’s strategy and tactics in which a semiannual or annual review of the company takes place.

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A way for a musician to modify the musical instrument to affect the sound it produces. Musical instruments, including the voice, allow musicians to change pitch, loudness and even the tone color to so [..]

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The function of maintaining management accountability and oversight of personal property throughout its complete life cycle using various property management tools and techniques (USAID Automated Dire [..]

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That part of an experimental procedure which is like the treated part in every respect except that it is not subjected to the test conditions.

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Control means any measure taken to provide reasonable assurance regarding the effectiveness, efficiency and economy of operations, the reliability of reporting, the safeguarding of assets and information, the prevention, detection and correction of fraud and irregularities and their follow-up, and the adequate management of the risks relating to th [..]

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A system of points which are used as fixed references for positioning other surveyed features.

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Control obtained by ground surveys as distinguished from control obtained by photogrammetric methods; may be for horizontal or vertical control, or both. Ground (in-situ) observations to aid in the in [..]

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  Monitoring and if necessary adjusting the performance of the organisation and its members.

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A device for regulation of a system or component in normal operation, manual or automatic. If automatic, the implication is that it is responsive to changes of pressure, temperature or other property [..]

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Usually refers to blood glucose control.

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Surveying and mapping reference infrastructure.

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  Surveying and mapping reference infrastructure.

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Existing treatment that is being compared with a new treatment in a clinical trial. The control is generally the best standard treatment available.

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The power to govern the financial and operating policies of an entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities. convertible loan

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50% of the outstanding votes plus one vote.

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An experimental treatment that was not manipulated, and is intended for comparison with manipulated treatments.

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