principle vs regulation

principle

noun
  • A rule or law of nature, or the basic idea on how the laws of nature are applied. 

  • A fundamental essence, particularly one producing a given quality. 

  • A rule used to choose among solutions to a problem. 

  • Bernoulli's Principle 

  • An original faculty or endowment. 

  • A fundamental assumption or guiding belief. 

  • A source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds; fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance; ultimate element, or cause. 

  • Moral rule or aspect. 

verb
  • To equip with principles; to establish, or fix, in certain principles; to impress with any tenet or rule of conduct. 

regulation

noun
  • A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization. 

  • The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated. 

  • A numbered provision within such kind of law. 

  • A type of law made by the executive branch of government, usually by virtue of a statute made by the legislative branch giving the executive the authority to do so. 

  • Mechanism controlling DNA transcription. 

  • A form of legislative act which is self-effecting, and requires no further intervention by the Member States to become law. 

  • Physiological process which consists in maintaining homoeostasis. 

adj
  • In conformity with applicable rules and regulations. 

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