Decrease and Regulation

noun

• A change downward.
  • usage: "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"
  • synonyms: lessening, drop-off
• A process of becoming smaller or shorter.
  • synonyms: decrement
• The amount by which something decreases.
  • synonyms: decrement
• The act of decreasing or reducing something.
  • synonyms: diminution, reduction, step-down

verb

• Decrease in size, extent, or range.
  • usage: "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
  • synonyms: diminish, lessen, fall
• Make smaller.
  • usage: "He decreased his staff"
  • synonyms: lessen, minify

• (v.t.) To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually; as, extravagance decreases one's means.
• (v.) A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as, a decrease of revenue or of strength.
• (n.) To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc. or in strength, quality or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June to December.
• (v.) The wane of the moon.

noun

• An authoritative rule.
  • synonyms: ordinance
• A principle or condition that customarily governs behavior.
  • usage: "it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"; "short haircuts were the regulation"
  • synonyms: rule
• The state of being controlled or governed.
• Embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered. (
• The act of bringing to uniformity; making regular.
  • synonyms: regularization, regularisation
• The act of controlling or directing according to rule.
  • usage: "fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians"
  • synonyms: regulating

adjective

• Prescribed by or according to regulation.
  • usage: "regulation army equipment"

• (n.) 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.
• (n.) The act of regulating or the state of being regulated.

(1) a rule adopted by a federal or state government executive branch agency. A' regulation' is based on and carries out a law. (2) the act or process of governing or regulating.