[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

regulation \reg`ula"tion\ -l?"sh?n, n.
   1. the act of regulating, or the state of being regulated.
      1913 webster

            the temper and regulation of our own minds.
                                                  --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   2. a rule or order prescribed for management or government;
      prescription; a regulating principle; a governing
      direction; precept; law; as, the regulations of a society
      or a school.
      1913 webster

   regulation sword, cap, uniform, etc. mil., a sword,
      cap, uniform, etc., of the kind or quality prescribed by
      the official regulations.
      1913 webster

   syn: law; rule; method; principle; order; precept. see
        law.
        1913 webster
see also:
regulation sword cap uniform law 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cap \cap\ ka^p, n. oe. cappe, as. caeppe, cap, cape,
   hood, fr. ll, cappa, capa; perhaps of iberian origin, as
   isidorus of seville mentions it first: "capa, quia quasi
   totum capiat hominem; it. capitis ornamentum." see 3d cape,
   and cf. 1st cope.
   1. a covering for the head; esp.
      a one usually with a visor but without a brim, for men
          and boys;
      b one of lace, muslin, etc., for women, or infants;
      c one used as the mark or ensign of some rank, office,
          or dignity, as that of a cardinal.
          1913 webster

   2. the top, or uppermost part; the chief.
      1913 webster

            thou art the cap of all the fools alive. --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. a respectful uncovering of the head.
      1913 webster

            he that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks.
                                                  --fuller.
      1913 webster

   4. zool. the whole top of the head of a bird from the base
      of the bill to the nape of the neck.
      1913 webster

   5. anything resembling a cap in form, position, or use; as:
      a arch. the uppermost of any assemblage of parts; as,
          the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping,
          cornice, lintel, or plate.
      b something covering the top or end of a thing for
          protection or ornament.
      c naut. a collar of iron or wood used in joining
          spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and
          the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the
          end of a rope.
      d a percussion cap. see under percussion.
      e mech. the removable cover of a journal box.
      f geom. a portion of a spherical or other convex
          surface.
          1913 webster

   6. a large size of writing paper; as, flat cap; foolscap;
      legal cap.
      1913 webster

   cap of a cannon, a piece of lead laid over the vent to keep
      the priming dry; -- now called an apron.

   cap in hand, obsequiously; submissively.

   cap of liberty. see liberty cap, under liberty.

   cap of maintenance, a cap of state carried before the kings
      of england at the coronation. it is also carried before
      the mayors of some cities.

   cap money, money collected in a cap for the huntsman at the
      death of the fox.

   cap paper.
      a a kind of writing paper including flat cap, foolscap,
          and legal cap.
      b a coarse wrapping paper used for making caps to hold
          commodities.

   cap rock mining, the layer of rock next overlying ore,
      generally of barren vein material.

   flat cap, cap see foolscap.

   forage cap, the cloth undress head covering of an officer
      of soldier.

   legal cap, a kind of folio writing paper, made for the use
      of lawyers, in long narrow sheets which have the fold at
      the top or "narrow edge."

   to set one's cap, to make a fool of one. obs. --chaucer.

   to set one's cap for, to try to win the favor of a man with
      a view to marriage. colloq.
      1913 webster
see also:
cape cope percussion cap of a cannon cap in hand cap of liberty 
liberty cap liberty cap of maintenance cap money cap paper 
cap rock flat cap foolscap forage cap legal cap 
to set one's cap to set one's cap for 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cap \cap\, v. t. imp.  p. p. capped; p. pr.  vb. n.
   capping.
   1. to cover with a cap, or as with a cap; to provide with a
      cap or cover; to cover the top or end of; to place a cap
      upon the proper part of; as, to cap a post; to cap a gun.
      1913 webster

            the bones next the joint are capped with a smooth
            cartilaginous substance.              --derham.
      1913 webster

   2. to deprive of cap. obs. --spenser.
      1913 webster

   3. to complete; to crown; to bring to the highest point or
      consummation; as, to cap the climax of absurdity.
      1913 webster

   4. to salute by removing the cap. slang. eng.
      1913 webster

            tom . . . capped the proctor with the profoundest of
            bows.                                 --thackeray.
      1913 webster

   5. to match; to mate in contest; to furnish a complement to;
      as, to cap text; to cap proverbs. --shak.
      1913 webster

            now i have him under girdle i'll cap verses with him
            to the end of the chapter.            --dryden.
      1913 webster

   note: in capping verses, when one quotes a verse another must
         cap it by quoting one beginning with the last letter of
         the first letter, or with the first letter of the last
         word, or ending with a rhyming word, or by applying any
         other arbitrary rule may be agreed upon.
         1913 webster
see also:
capped capping 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cap \cap\, v. i.
   to uncover the head respectfully. --shak.
   1913 webster

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

cap
     n 1: a tight-fitting headdress
     2: a top as for a bottle
     3: a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small
        amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction
        of a disrupting explosive syn: detonator, detonating
        device
     4: something serving as a cover or protection
     5: a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella that forms the
        top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom syn: pileus
     6: an upper limit on what is allowed; "they established a cap
        for prices" syn: ceiling
     7: dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a
        tooth syn: crownwork
     8: the upper part of a column that supports the entablature
        syn: capital, chapiter
     v 1: lie at the top of; "snow capped the mountains" syn: crest
     2: restrict the number or amount of; "we had to cap the number
        of people we can accept into our club"
     also: capping, capped
see also:
detonator detonating device pileus ceiling crownwork capital 
chapiter crest capping capped 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

301 moby thesaurus words for "cap":
   balmoral, dutch cap, panama, panama hat, salvation army bonnet,
   stetson, acme, apex, apogee, ascender, astrakhan, back,
   balaclava helmet, baseball cap, bastard type, beany, beard,
   bearskin, beaver, befog, belly, beret, best, better, bevel,
   bewilder, black letter, blanket, blasting cap, boater, body,
   bonnet, boot, bowler, bracket capital, brass hat, breech, brow,
   busby, button up, calash, campaign hat, cap, capital, capote,
   capsheaf, caput, carry to completion, case, castor, ceil, chapeau,
   chapeau bras, clean up, climax, cloak, cloche, close out, close up,
   cloud nine, coat, cob, cock-and-pinch, coif, complete, conclude,
   confound, confuse, consummate, cork, cornice, counter, cover,
   coverchief, coxcomb, crest, crown, culmen, culminate, culmination,
   derby, descender, detonating powder, detonator, dome, edge,
   electric detonator, em, en, end, exceed, excel, exploder,
   extreme limit, extremity, face, fantail, fat-faced type, feet, fez,
   finalize, finish, finish off, finish up, font, frock, frost,
   fulminating mercury, fuse, get done, get it over, get through,
   get through with, give in kind, go one better, gown, groove,
   handkerchief, hard hat, hat, head, headcloth, headdress, headgear,
   heading, headpiece, headtire, headwear, heaven, heavens, height,
   helmet, high noon, highest pitch, highest point, homburg, hood,
   ice, improve on, italic, jacket, jockey cap, kaffiyeh, kelly, kepi,
   kerchief, leghorn, letter, lex talionis, lid, ligature, limit,
   logotype, lower case, majuscule, mantle, match, maximum,
   mercury fulminate, meridian, millinery, minuscule, mobcap, mop up,
   mortarboard, mountaintop, ne plus ultra, nick, nightcap,
   no place higher, noon, opera hat, operculum, outshine, outstrip,
   outtop, outweigh, overarch, overbalance, overbear, overcast,
   overcome, overlay, overpass, overseas cap, overspread, overtop,
   pass, peak, peaked cap, percussion cap, perfect, perplex, pi, pica,
   picture hat, pillbox, pinhead, pinnacle, pitch, pith hat,
   pith helmet, plug, point, poke, pole, porkpie, pose, predominate,
   preponderate, prevail, primacord, primer, priming, print, puggree,
   repay in kind, return the compliment, return the like, ridge,
   roman, roof, roof in, round out, rumal, sailor, sans serif,
   scraper, script, seventh heaven, shank, shirt, shoe, shoulder,
   shovel hat, silk hat, skullcap, sky, slouch hat, small cap,
   small capital, snood, sock, sombrero, spire, squib, stamp, stem,
   stocking, stopper, stovepipe, stumble, summit, sun hat, sun helmet,
   sunbonnet, sundown, surmount, surpass, tam, ten-gallon hat,
   terminate, tin hat, tip, tip-top, top, top hat, top off, top out,
   topee, topknot, topper, tower above, tower over, transcend, trilby,
   trump, turban, type, type body, type class, type lice, typecase,
   typeface, typefounders, typefoundry, tyrolean hat, upmost,
   upper case, upper extremity, uppermost, utmost, vertex, very top,
   wide-awake, wimple, wind up, wind-cutter, wrap up, yarmulka,
   zenith

[7] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)

cap
     carrierless amplitude phase modulation adsl, att
     
     

[8] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)

cap
     communications-electronics accommodation program
     
     

[9] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)

cap
     computer aided planning cim
     
     

[10] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)

cap
     component approval process
     
     

[11] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)

cap
     computer aided publishing
     
     

[12] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

cap
     
        1.  columbia appletalk package.
     
        2.  carrierless amplitude/phase modulation.
     
        3.  competitive access provider
     
     
see also:
columbia appletalk package carrierless amplitude/phase modulation competitive access provider 

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