regulated by

Definitions

Controlled, managed, or supervised by a specific set of rules, laws, or authorities.

Subject to the oversight or adjustment of an external regulatory body or system.

Examples

The internal temperature of the building is regulated by a sophisticated climate control system.

The amount of electricity flowing through the circuit is regulated by a series of resistors.

Synonyms

governed by controlled by subject to managed by supervised by constrained by directed by

Antonyms

unrestricted by independent of free from unregulated by autonomous from unconstrained by unsupervised by