-controlled - The Dictionary

con·trol (k?n-tr?l?)tr.v. con·trolled, con·trol·ling, con·trols 1. To exercise authoritative or dominating influence over; direct: The majority party controls the legislative agenda. See Synonyms at conduct.2. To adjust to a requirement; regulate: rules that control trading on the stock market; valves that control the flow of water.3. To hold in restraint; check: struggled to control my temper.4. To reduce or prevent the spread of: used a pesticide to control insects; controlled the fire by dousing it with water.5. a. To verify or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or by comparing with another standard.b. To verify (a financial account, for example) by using a duplicate register for comparison.n.1. Authority or ability to manage or direct: lost control of the skidding car; the leaders in control of the country.2. One that controls; a controlling agent, device, or organization.3. a. An instrument.b. controls A set of such instruments.4. A restraining device, measure, or limit; a curb: a control on prices; price controls.5. a. A standard of comparison for checking or verifying the results of a scientific experiment.b. An individual or group used as a standard of comparison in a scientific experiment, as a group of subjects given an inactive substance in an experiment testing a new drug administered to another group of subjects.6. An intelligence agent who supervises or instructs another agent.7. A spirit presumed to speak or act through a medium.[Middle English controllen, from Anglo-Norman contreroller, from Medieval Latin contr?rotul?re, to check by duplicate register, from contr?rotulus, duplicate register : Latin contr?-, contra- + Latin rotulus, roll, diminutive of rota, wheel; see ret- in Indo-European roots.]con·trol?la·bil?i·ty n.con·trol?la·ble adj.con·trol?la·bly adv.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.