The distance of any point in a curve or a straight line, measured on a line called the axis of ordinates or on a line parallel to it, from another line called the axis of abscissas, on which the corresponding abscissa of the point is measured.
To appoint, to regulate; to harmonize.
To cause to become regular; to regulate.
To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles or laws.
To put in good order; as, to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances.
To adjust, or maintain, with respect to a desired rate, degree, or condition; as, to regulate the temperature of a room, the pressure of steam, the speed of a machine, etc.
To reduce to regulus; to separate, as a metal from extraneous matter; as, to regulize antimony.