The Collaborative International Dictionary
Regulation \Reg`u*la"tion\ (-l?"sh?n), n.
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The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated.
The temper and regulation of our own minds.
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A rule or order prescribed for management or government; prescription; a regulating principle; a governing direction; precept; law; as, the regulations of a society or a school.
Regulation sword, cap, uniform, etc. (Mil.), a sword, cap, uniform, etc., of the kind or quality prescribed by the official regulations.
Syn: Law; rule; method; principle; order; precept. See Law.
Usage examples of "regulation sword".
Captain Aubrey, as trim as his newly-brushed best uniform could make him, the Nile medal in his buttonhole, the regulation sword at his side (Admiral Thornton was a stickler for etiquette) went down the Worcester's side with the full naval ceremony, preceded by a midshipman with several packets under his arm.
This assault was an affair got up with so little premeditation, that Captain Reud had no other arms than his regulation sword.
The officer had no fire-arms with him, although he had his regulation sword by his side.