Control

Meaning

Verb

●

To

influence over; to

or

the

of.

●

In Statistics:

(construed with for) To design (an

) so that the effects of one or more

are

or eliminated.

●

To

the

of (something or someone, especially a financial

)

with another

.

●

To

call to account

, to

, to challenge.

●

To

, to

, to restrain.

Noun

●

Influence or

over something.

●

The method and means of

the performance of any

,

or system, such as a

,

or button.

●

Restraint or ability to

or

, or self-control.

●

A security

,

, or

that can

system

, reduce

, and

vulnerabilities

; a

or

measure.

●

A means of

for, and

in, activities that are not going

plan.

●

A

or control experiment.

●

A

,

, or

,

or

another

or

.

●

In Graphical user interface:

An

that a

with, such as a

or a

(abbreviated Ctrl).

●

In Climatology:

Any of the physical factors

the

of a place, such as

,

of

and water,

,

,

prevailing winds

,

high- or low-barometric-pressure areas,

,

,

, and vegetation.

●

In Linguistics:

A

in which the

of a given

is

by an

in

. See control.

●

In Parapsychology & Spiritualism:

A

that

of a

or

and allows other

to

with the living.

●

In Cycling:

A

along an

route.

Sourced from

Origin

control

English

conterrolle

Middle English (1100-1500)

contrerole

Old French (842-ca. 1400)

contrarotulum

Latin

Sourced from

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