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Controlled

//kənˈtɹəʊld// adj, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Inhibited or restrained in one's words and actions.
  2. 2
    Subjected to regulation or direction.
  3. 3
    Resulting from a comparison with control samples; including a comparison (control) group. (describing clinical trials)

    "A randomized, controlled trial (RCT)."

  4. 4
    Under the control of the specified entity. in-compounds

    "The history of the Anglo-Indian Community in British-controlled India is one of many ups and downs, of vicissitudes and prosperity, of security and insecurity."

Adjective
  1. 1
    restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of control form-of, participle, past
  2. 2
    simple past and past participle of controll form-of, participle, past

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