information that should be kept in mind when making a decision | the activity of managing or exerting control over something |
the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition | (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc |
an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else | a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine |
(usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement | power to direct or determine |
a state at a particular time | discipline in personal and social activities |
a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing | great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity |
the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape') | a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment |
an illness, disease, or other medical problem | the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc. |
| a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance |
| a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another |
| the state that exists when one person or group has power over another |