📖 Definitions of "Control"
noun
- 1
Influence or authority over something.
"The government has complete control over the situation."
- 2
A separate group or subject in an experiment against which the results are compared where the primary variable is low or non-existent.
- 3
The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
- 4
Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
verb
- 1
To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
"With a simple remote, he could control the toy truck."
- 2
(construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated.
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