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  • 41control — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. command, dominate, govern, rule, regulate, direct, master; restrain, subdue, modify, check; test, verify. n. command, mastery, domination, sway, upper hand, power, regimentation, government,… …

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  • 42control — noun 1》 the power to influence people s behaviour or the course of events.     ↘the restriction of an activity, tendency, or phenomenon. 2》 a device by which a machine is regulated: the volume control. 3》 a person or thing used as a standard of… …

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  • 43control — con•trol [[t]kənˈtroʊl[/t]] v. trolled, trol•ling, n. 1) to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate, regulate, or command 2) to hold in check; curb: to control one s emotions[/ex] 3) to test or verify (a scientific experiment) by a… …

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  • 44keep something in check — hold/keep (something/someone) in check to keep something or someone under control, usually to stop them becoming too large or too powerful. The natural order of things is that the predators of an animal keep the population in check. The central… …

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  • 45keep someone in check — hold/keep (something/someone) in check to keep something or someone under control, usually to stop them becoming too large or too powerful. The natural order of things is that the predators of an animal keep the population in check. The central… …

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  • 46keep in check — hold/keep (something/someone) in check to keep something or someone under control, usually to stop them becoming too large or too powerful. The natural order of things is that the predators of an animal keep the population in check. The central… …

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  • 47keep one's cool — v. remain relaxed, calm, under control …

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  • 48keep — vb 1 Keep, observe, celebrate, solemnize, commemorate are comparable when they mean to pay proper attention or honor to something prescribed, obligatory, or demanded (as by one s nationality, religion, or rank), but they vary widely in their… …

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  • 49Control reconfiguration — is an active approach in control theory to achieve fault tolerant control for dynamic systems [1]. It is used when severe faults, such as actuator or sensor outages, cause a break up of the control loop, which must be restructured to prevent… …

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  • 50Control (Janet Jackson album) — Control …

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