regulate

Phrases
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In   most   countries government   agencies   regulate   how much   leakage   is   tolerated .

Dans la plupart des pays, les agences gouvernementales réglementent la quantité de fuite tolérée.

Signification (Anglais)

  1. To dictate policy.
  2. To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.
  3. To adjust (a mechanism) for accurate and proper functioning.
  4. To put or maintain in order.

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Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈɹɛɡjəleɪt/
Étymologie (Anglais)

Borrowed from Latin regulatus, perfect passive participle of regulō (“to direct, rule, regulate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from regula (“rule”), from regō (“to keep straight, direct, govern, rule”). Compare regle, rail. Displaced native Old English metegian.

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