controlled — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Inhibited or restrained in one's words and actions.

2. Subjected to regulation or direction.

3. Resulting from a comparison with control samples; including a comparison (control) group. (describing clinical trials)

   Examples

   A randomized, controlled trial (RCT).

   Attempto Controlled English (ACE).

4. Under the control of the specified entity.

   Usage

   • In compounds

   Examples

   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. restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds

   Antonyms

   uncontrolled

   Examples

   controlled emotions

   the controlled release of water from reservoirs