Directive vs. Regulation
Directivenoun
An instruction or guideline that indicates how to perform an action or reach a goal.
Directivenoun
(programming) A construct in source code that indicates how it should be processed but is not necessarily part of the program to be run.
Directivenoun
An authoritative decision from an official body, which may or may not have binding force.
Directivenoun
(European Union law) A form of legislative act addressed to the Member States. The directive binds the Member State to reach certain objectives in their national legislation.
Directivenoun
The directive case.
Directiveadjective
that directs
Directiveadjective
serving to direct, indicate, or guide.
Directiveadjective
(grammar) relating to the directive case
Directiveadjective
Having power to direct; tending to direct, guide, or govern; showing the way.
Directiveadjective
Able to be directed; manageable.
Directivenoun
a pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity;
Directiveadjective
showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on;
Directivenoun
an official or authoritative instruction
Directiveadjective
involving the management or guidance of operations
Regulationnoun
(uncountable) The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated.
Regulationnoun
(countable) A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization.
Regulationnoun
(European Union law) A form of legislative act which is self-effecting, and requires no further intervention by the Member States to become law.
Regulationnoun
(genetics) Mechanism controlling DNA transcription.
Regulationnoun
(medicine) Physiological process which consists in maintaining homoeostasis.
Regulationadjective
In conformity with applicable rules and regulations.
Regulationnoun
The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated.
Regulationnoun
A rule or order prescribed for management or government; prescription; a regulating principle; a governing direction; precept; law; as, the regulations of a society or a school.
Regulationnoun
an authoritative rule
Regulationnoun
a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior;
Regulationnoun
the state of being controlled or governed
Regulationnoun
(embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered
Regulationnoun
the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular
Regulationnoun
the act of controlling or directing according to rule;
Regulationadjective
prescribed by or according to regulation;
Regulationnoun
a rule or directive made and maintained by an authority
Regulationnoun
in accordance with regulations; of the correct type
Regulationnoun
of a familiar or predictable type; formulaic
Regulationnoun
the action or process of regulating or being regulated
Regulation
Regulation is the management of complex systems according to a set of rules and trends. In systems theory, these types of rules exist in various fields of biology and society, but the term has slightly different meanings according to context.
