controller Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun someone who maintains and audits business accounts
accountant; comptroller.
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noun a person who directs and restrains
restrainer.
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noun a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine
control.
- the speed controller on his turntable was not working properly
- I turned the controls over to her
WordNet
Con*trol"ler noun
Etymology
FromDefinitions
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One who, or that which, controls or restraines; one who has power or authority to regulate or control; one who governs. The great controller of our fate Deigned to be man, and lived in low estate. Dryden.
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An officer appointed to keep a counter register of accounts, or to examine, rectify, or verify accounts. More commonly written controller . -
(Naut.) 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.