REGULATING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does regulating mean? 

• REGULATING (noun)
  The noun REGULATING has 1 sense:

1. the act of controlling or directing according to rule

  Familiarity information: REGULATING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REGULATING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of controlling or directing according to rule

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

regulating; regulation

Context example:

fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians

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)

 Context examples 

Encoded by human BCPR Gene, BCPR Protein appears to be associated with expression of p53, perhaps regulating its expression.

(BCPR Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in regulating B-cell activation, immunoglobulin synthesis, and apoptosis.

(CD27 Antigen, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes CD27 antigen protein, plays a role in regulating B-cell activation and immunoglobulin synthesis.

(CD27 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

One pathway regulating migration through the p85 regulatory subunit of PI3 kinase does not require PI3-kinase activity.

(Cell Migration Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

In addition to regulating DNA repair and the cell cycle, ATM can also trigger apoptosis in radiation treated cells.

(ATM Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Appetite-regulating hormone (117 aa, ~13 kDa) is encoded by the human GHRL gene.

(Appetite-Regulating Hormone, NCI Thesaurus)

The researchers demonstrated this by regulating the levels of four inflammatory proteins, which are known to activate the immune response and to regulate distinct brain functions related to depression.

(Scientists Reveal How Inflammation Affects The Life of Brain Cells, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Exactly how our brains turn on these regulating systems and behaviors isn’t clear.

(Brain cells that cool the body, NIH)

In addition, HE3235 may potentiate chemotherapeutic agents by down-regulating ABCG2, the gene encoding the multi-drug resistant (MDR) protein MDR2.

(Androstane Steroid HE3235, NCI Thesaurus)

MIP-1 beta chemokine is chemotactic for neutrophils and monocytes, stimulates macrophages, and may play a role in regulating hematopoiesis.

(Chemokine (C-C Motif) Ligand 4, NCI Thesaurus)