Influence or authority over something.
A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box (abbreviated Ctrl).
A control group or control experiment.
A checkpoint along an audax route.
A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan.
The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.
A spirit that takes possession of a psychic or medium and allows other spirits to communicate with the living.
A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an expression in context. See control.
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-pressure areas, ocean currents, mountain barriers, soil, and vegetation.
(construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated.
to hold in check, to curb, to restrain
To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
A colloquialism or idiom.
A specific blend of whisky.
The action of expressing thoughts, ideas, feelings, etc.
An arrangement of symbols denoting values, operations performed on them, and grouping symbols.
The process of translating a gene into a protein.
A facial appearance usually associated with an emotion.
(manufacturing) The act of pressing or squeezing out.
A particular way of phrasing an idea.
A piece of code in a high-level language that returns a value.
The tone of voice or sound in music.
emotional involvement or engagement in a text read aloud rendered by the voice of the reciter or the reader