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REGULATING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of controlling or directing according to rule

Example:

fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians

Synonyms:

regulating; regulation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("regulating" is a kind of...):

control (the activity of managing or exerting control over something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "regulating"):

devaluation (an official lowering of a nation's currency; a decrease in the value of a country's currency relative to that of foreign countries)

gun control (efforts to regulate or control sales of guns)

indexation (a system of economic regulation: wages and interest are tied to the cost-of-living index in order to reduce the effects of inflation)

timing (the regulation of occurrence, pace, or coordination to achieve a desired effect (as in music, theater, athletics, mechanics))

limitation; restriction (an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation))

Derivation:

regulate (bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb regulate

Credits

 Context examples: 

This process is involved in regulating the extent of action of the complement system.

(Negative Regulation of Complement Activation, NCI Thesaurus)

Parathyroid Hormone-Related protein signals through its receptor PTHR1, regulating endochondral bone development and epithelial-mesenchymal interactions.

(Parathyroid Hormone-Like Hormone, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene may be involved in regulating oxygen transport.

(PGP Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein may be involved in regulating oxygen transport by red blood cells.

(Phosphoglycolate Phosphatase, NCI Thesaurus)

The PI3K/mTOR pathway is upregulated in a variety of tumors and plays an important role in regulating cancer cell proliferation, growth, and survival.

(PI3K/mTOR/ALK-1/DNA-PK Inhibitor P7170, NCI Thesaurus)

Overexpressed by various cancer cell types, PDGFR is a transmembrane protein tyrosine kinase receptor, consisting of isoforms A and B that is important in regulating cellular growth and differentiation and angiogenesis.

(Olaratumab, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes protein FAN, plays a role in regulating TNF-induced cellular responses.

(NSMAF wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This process is involved in regulating the extent of the response to receptor binding, as well as regulating active populations of immune cells.

(Negative Regulation of Immunologic Factor Signaling, NCI Thesaurus)

It also plays an important role in regulating the force and rate of contraction.

(Nitric Oxide Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

This gene plays a role in regulating the development and maintenance of the central nervous system.

(NRTN Gene, NCI Thesaurus)