control
/kənˈtɹoʊl/ sustantivo A2En español: administración, control, dirección, manejo
- An influence or authority over something. · The government has complete control over the situation.
- The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
- Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
- A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.
- A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan.
- A control group or control experiment.
- A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
- An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box.
Plural controls
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You have decidedly some genius at your control.”
It is better that I should ask them here than that the matter should pass outside our control.”
de Boville’s countenance, yet he made an effort at self-control, and said:
The abbé opened his mouth, hesitated for a moment, then, making an effort at self-control, he said, “And Mercédès—they tell me that she has disappeared?”
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