control(1)

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control noun. Also controul. L16.

The act or power of directing or regulating; command, regulating influence. L16.
G. B. Shaw Any Act transferring the theatres to the control of a licensing authority. Day Lewis The cart..swayed behind the ass, which Keyes..lost all control of. M. Tippett This process of imagination is outside our control.
The action of holding in check; restraint; self-restraint; prevention of the spread of something unwanted; regulation of the numbers of an animal species etc. L16.
J. Beattie Lust that defies controul. D. Cusack My God! What control! If she'd only cried. N. Tinbergen Attempts at gull control by taking the eggs.
A means of restraining or regulating; a check; spec. a measure adopted to regulate prices, consumption of goods, etc. L16.
D. Hume The particular checks and controuls provided by the constitution.
A person or body that acts as a guide or check; a controller. L18.
H. H. Milman He could not be a resident..control upon the Doge.
b. Spiritualism. An agency held to direct the actions of or to convey messages through a medium. L19.
c. A member of an intelligence organization who personally directs the activities of a spy; a spymaster. M20.
B. Forbes He sat with his KGB control.., listening..as the details of his new assignment were explained.
A standard of comparison for checking inferences drawn from an experiment; spec. a patient, specimen, etc., similar to the one(s) being investigated but not subjected to the same treatment. Freq. attrib. L19.
A device or mechanism for controlling the operation of a machine, esp. the direction, speed, etc., of an aircraft or vehicle. Usu. in pl. E20.
A. Blond He took over the controls and landed the plane.
A military or other checkpoint; a point on a motor rallying etc. course where contestants must halt to have particulars recorded, or a section where speed is controlled. E20.
Cards. Esp. in bridge, (possession of) a card which will enable its holder to win a trick in a given suit at a desired moment. E20.
Computing. A key on a keyboard that produces an effect rather than a graphic character (such as movement of a cursor), and is usu. used in conjunction with a character key. Also more fully control key. M20.
Phrases: arms control: see ARM noun2. BIOLOGICAL control. birth control: see BIRTH noun1. board of control: see BOARD noun. dual control: see DUAL adjective. locus of control: see LOCUS noun1. out of control not or no longer subject to proper direction or restraint. quality control: see QUALITY noun & adjective. remote control: see REMOTE adjective. social control: see SOCIAL adjective. span of control: see SPAN noun1. throttle control: see THROTTLE noun 2b. under control subject to proper direction; fig. in proper order.
Comb.: control board (a) = control panel below; (b) a board of control; control experiment: used to verify another experiment, using conditions identical except in one respect; control freak (orig. US) a person who feels an obsessive need to exercise control over his or her surroundings, appearance, etc. esp. by taking command of any situation or exerting authority over others; control key: see sense 9 above; control panel a surface on which are mounted switches, dials, etc., for the remote control of electrical or other apparatus; control rod: of neutron-absorbing material used to control the rate of reaction in the core of a nuclear reactor; control room a room in or from which an operation is controlled; control surface a movable surface or aerofoil used to control the aerodynamic behaviour of an aircraft etc.; control tower: see TOWER noun1 3f; control unit a self-contained controlling device; esp. the element in a central processing unit which accepts and decodes instructions from the main memory and sends executive signals to other units.