Voluntary control of the number of children conceived, especially by the planned use of contraception. / Any technique used to prevent the birth of a child (such as abortion or preventing conception).

(law) The authority that a higher court has to issue an order specifically ordering a lower court to perform (or stop performing) a certain action

To control oneself or itself.

The ability to control one's desires and impulses; willpower.

To assume control, to gain power over someone or something.

The area inside a recording studio designed to facilitate the mixing of audio for studio recordings. / A room serving as the centre of monitoring a building, controlling an operation etc.

A mechanism in a system that monitors performance inputs rather than outputs, and reacts so as to maintain a specified state, thus preventing or minimising problems before they occur.

(officialese, law) A drug or chemical whose use, possession, manufacture, or sale is regulated or banned by the government.

manipulated or regulated directly by the mind.

(computing) A key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard used in combination to modify the function of other keys; normally labelled "Ctrl"