CONTROL SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does control system mean? 

• CONTROL SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun CONTROL SYSTEM has 1 sense:

1. a system for controlling the operation of another system

  Familiarity information: CONTROL SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONTROL SYSTEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A system for controlling the operation of another system

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("control system" is a kind of...):

system (instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "control system"):

closed-loop system; closed loop (a control system with a feedback loop that is active)

servo; servomechanism; servosystem (control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power; may include a negative feedback system)

 Context examples 

A device designed to give physical feedback in a remote control system.

(Haptic Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

A mechanical pump which also includes a control system and an energy supply.

(Left Ventricular Assist Device, NCI Thesaurus)

Cold exposure also interfered with the human stem cell-derived neurons’ ability to dispose of the toxic oxidized proteins via its protein quality control system.

(Researchers develop “hibernation in a dish” to study how animals adapt to the cold, National Institutes of Health)

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of the cell operates a quality control system that identifies misfolded proteins, transports them into the cytoplasm and then targets them for degradation by the proteasome.

(Endoplasmic Reticulum Degradation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

A valve designed to regulate the flow of a fluid, especially one designed to operate in response to a signal from a control system.

(Control Valve Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

pH homeostasis is one of numerous control systems that are involved in keeping the body's internal milieu consistent within a narrow range of variation and are important to the continuation of life.

(pH Homeostasis, NCI Thesaurus)

In AUD, amygdala dysfunction heightens activation of brain stress systems resulting in anxiety and other negative emotions, while disruption of the prefrontal cortex impairs executive control systems involved in the ability to make decisions and regulate one’s actions, emotions, and impulses.

(NIH findings link aldosterone with alcohol use disorder, National Institutes of Health)

A person with professional knowledge and competence in the field of medical technology that involves performing, advising on, or supervising clinical laboratory testing of human specimens, fluids and tissues, establishing and monitoring quality control systems and measures; developing data which may be used in clinical setting and in support of medical research in such areas as hematology, bacteriology, mycology, virology, parasitology, immunology, serology, immunohematology, clinical chemistry, endocrinology and toxicology, and urinalysis as they relate to clinical laboratory practice.

(Medical Technologist, NCI Thesaurus)