Control
(n.) A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register |
Control
(n.) That which serves to check, restrain, or hinder |
Control
(n.) Power or authority to check or restrain |
Control
(v. t.) To check by a counter register or duplicate account |
Control
(v. t.) To exercise restraining or governing influence over |
Facia
(n.) See Fascia. |
Fascia
(n.) A band, sash, or fillet |
Fascia
(n.) A flat member of an order or building, like a flat band or broad fillet |
Fascia
(n.) The layer of loose tissue, often containing fat, immediately beneath the skin |
Fascia
(n.) A broad well-defined band of color. |
Fieri facias
() A judicial writ that lies for one who has recovered in debt or damages, commanding the sheriff that he cause to be made of the goods, chattels, or real estate of the defendant, the sum claimed. |
Levari facias
() A writ of execution at common law. |
Panel
(n.) A sunken compartment with raised margins, molded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc. |
Panel
(n.) A piece of parchment or a schedule, containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff |
Panel
(n.) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court. |
Panel
(n.) Formerly, a piece of cloth serving as a saddle |
Panel
(n.) A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame |
Panel
(n.) One of the faces of a hewn stone. |
Panel
(n.) A slab or plank of wood upon which, instead of canvas, a picture is painted. |
Panel
(n.) A heap of dressed ore. |
Panel
(n.) One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into which a mine is laid off in one system of extracting coal. |
Panel
(n.) A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a dress, for ornament. |
Panel
(n.) A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss. |
Panel
(v. t.) To form in or with panels |
Scire facias
() A judicial writ, founded upon some record, and requiring the party proceeded against to show cause why the party bringing it should not have advantage of such record, or (as in the case of scire facias to repeal letters patent) why the record should not be annulled or vacated. |
Self-control
(n.) Control of one's self |
Setting
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Set |
Setting
(n.) The act of one who, or that which, sets |
Setting
(n.) The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does |
Setting
(n.) Something set in, or inserted. |
Setting
(n.) That in which something, as a gem, is set |
Venire facias
() A judicial writ or precept directed to the sheriff, requiring him to cause a certain number of qualified persons to appear in court at a specified time, to serve as jurors in said court. |
Venire facias
() A writ in the nature of a summons to cause the party indicted on a penal statute to appear. Called also venire. |
capture
gaining control
seizure | the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property |
| fire control | preparation for the delivery of shellfire on a target |
| inventory control | supervision of the supply and storage and accessibility of items in order to insure an adequate supply without excessive oversupply |
| control | the activity of managing or exerting control over something, the control of the mob by the police was admirable |
| crowd control | activity of controlling a crowd |
| damage control | an effort to minimize or curtail damage or loss |
| flight control | control from ground stations of airplanes in flight by means of messages transmitted to the pilot electronically |
| flood control | (engineering) the art or technique of trying to control rivers with dams etc in order to minimize the occurrence of floods |
| gun control | efforts to regulate or control sales of guns |
| internal control | an accounting procedure or system designed to promote efficiency or assure the implementation of a policy or safeguard assets or avoid fraud and error etc. |
| management control | an internal control performed by one or more managers |
| quality control | maintenance of standards of quality of manufactured goods |
| arms control | a limitation on the size and armament of the armed forces of a country |
riot control
riot control operation | the measures taken to control a riot |
| control | (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc, the timing and control of his movements were unimpaired, he had lost control of his sphincters |
| motor control | control of muscles |
birth control
birth prevention
family planning | limiting the number of children born |
rhythm method of birth control
rhythm method
rhythm
calendar method of birth control
calendar method | natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from daythrough day of her cycle) |
| traffic control | control of the flow of traffic in a building or a city |
| social control | control exerted (actively or passively) by group action |
| population control | control over the growth of population, a government program |
| occupation military control | the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power |
| trend setting | the initiating or popularizing of a trend or fashion |
brood hen
broody
broody hen
setting hen
sitter | a domestic hen ready to brood |
airfoil
aerofoil
control surface
surface | a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air, can lift or control a plane in flight |
contraceptive
preventive preventative contraceptive device
prophylactic device
birth control device | an agent or device intended to prevent conception |
control
controller | a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine, the speed controller on his turntable was not working properly, I turned the controls over to her |
| control center | the operational center for a group of related activities, the general in command never left the control center |
control circuit
negative feedback circuit | a feedback circuit that subtracts from the input |
control key
command key | (computer science) the key on a computer keyboard that is used (in combination with some other key) to type control characters |
control panel
instrument panel
control board
board panel | electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices, he checked the instrument panel, suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree |
| control rod | a steel or aluminum rod that can be moved up or down to control the rate of the nuclear reaction |
| control room | a room housing control equipment (as in a recording studio) |
| control system | a system for controlling the operation of another system |
| control tower | a tower with an elevated workspace enclosed in glass for the visual observation of aircraft around an airport |
| cruise control | control mechanism for keeping an automobile at a set speed |
dashboard
fascia | instrument panel on an automobile or airplane containing dials and controls |
delivery truck
delivery van
panel truck | a van suitable for delivering goods or services to customers |
dialog box
panel | (computer science) a small temporary window in a graphical user interface that appears in order to request information from the user, after the information has been provided the user dismisses the box with `okay' or `cancel' |
display panel
display board
board | a vertical surface on which information can be displayed to public view |
| fire control radar | naval radar that controls the delivery of fire on a military target |
| fire control system | naval weaponry consisting of a system for controlling the delivery of fire on a military target |
flat panel display
FPD | a type of video display that is thin and flat, commonly used in laptop computers |
gore
panel | a piece of cloth that is generally triangular or tapering, used in making garments or umbrellas or sails |
| grid control grid | an electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a vacuum tube to control the flow of electrons through the tube |
| ground control | a communication system for sending continuous radio messages to an airplane pilot who is making a groundontrolled approach to landing |
mise en scene
stage setting
setting | arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted |
| mount setting | a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place, the diamond was in a plain gold mount |
| panel | sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something |
| panel | a soft pad placed under a saddle |