controller
/kənˈtɹoʊlɚ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.13 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any electric or mechanical device for controlling a circuit or system.
noun
The chief accounting officer which audits, and manages the financial affairs of a company or government; a comptroller.
noun
A mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine, especially a peripheral device in a computer.
noun
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.
noun
The person who supervises and handles communication with an agent in the field.
noun
The subject of a control verb. See Control (linguistics)
Example Sentences
- "The great controller of our fate / Deigned to be man, and lived in low estate."
- "Nothing more can be squeezed out of the motive power unit once the master controller has been moved to full on."
- "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?"
- "The choice of controller is determined by the matrix verb. If, as in (30b) and (3la), the main verb does not subcategorize for an OBJ, then the controller is the matrix SUBJ. In this case the complement clause is interpreted as having the same subject as the main clause. If the main verb does take an OBJ, the controller is the matrix patient."
Etymology
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: countreroller, contreroulour, contreroleur, contrārotulātor
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kənˈtɹoʊlɚ/
- British English: /kənˈtɹəʊlə/