controls

• the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
• be careful or certain to do something
• lessen the intensity of
• great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity
• exercise authoritative control or power over
• power to direct or determine
• a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another
• (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc
• a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment
• the activity of managing or exerting control over something
• discipline in personal and social activities
• a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine
• a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance
• the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.
• handle and cause to function
• control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one´s advantage
• check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard
• verify by using a duplicate register for comparison
• have a firm understanding or knowledge of

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