controller
nounEtymology
From Middle English countreroller, from Anglo-Norman contreroulour and Middle French contreroleur (French contrôleur), from Medieval Latin contrārotulātor, from *contrārotulāre (from which control). Doublet of comptroller. By surface analysis, control + -er.
- derived from contrārotulātor
- derived from contreroleur
- derived from contreroulour
- inherited from countreroller
Definitions
One who controls something.
- The great controller of our fate / Deigned to be man, and lived in low estate.
Any electric or mechanical device for controlling a circuit or system.
- Nothing more can be squeezed out of the motive power unit once the master controller has been moved to full on.
The chief accounting officer which audits, and manages the financial affairs of a company…
The chief accounting officer which audits, and manages the financial affairs of a company or government; a comptroller.
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A mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine, especially a…
A mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine, especially a peripheral device in a computer.
A hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games.
- I'm collecting player's names for a school project. You know, players just like you! That's right, you--the one holding the controller. Would you register your name, please?
An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a…
An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged.
The person who supervises and handles communication with an agent in the field.
The subject of a control verb. See Control (linguistics)
In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or…
In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that treat input and output, forming an interface between models and views.
The neighborhood
- synonymcomptrollerone who manages financial affairs
- neighborcontrol
- neighborcontrol theory
- neighborfuzzy controller
- neighbormemory controller
- neighborgame controller
- neighbormicrocontroller
- neighbornanocontroller
- neighbormodel–view–controller
Derived
air traffic controller, array controller, bread-controller, controllerless, controllership, data controller, flight controller, front controller pattern, microcontroller, motion controller, nanocontroller, network interface controller, overcontroller, pest controller, programmable logic controller, servocontroller, subcontroller, TCON, telecontroller, thermocontroller, turbo controller, undercontroller, video game controller
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at controller. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at controller. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at controller
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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