control | |
1. v. To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of. | |
With a simple remote, he could control the toy truck. | |
2. v. (transitive, statistics) (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated. | |
3. n. Influence or authority over something. | |
The government has complete control over the situation. | |
4. n. A separate group or subject in an experiment against which the results are compared where the primary variable is low or non-existent. | |
5. n. The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button. | |
6. n. Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control. | |
7. n. A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure. | |
8. n. (project management) A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan. | |
9. n. A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register. | |
10. n. (graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box. | |
11. n. (climatology) Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution of land and water, altitude, exposure, prevailing winds, permanent high- or low-barometric- | |
12. n. (linguistics) A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an expression in context. See control. | |