(idiomatic) Being taken care of or being addressed. / (literally) Being actively controlled, or able to be actively controlled in its current state.

(aeronautics) A moveable surface attached to a machine such as an aircraft or submarine that can be used to control the machine's motion in roll, pitch or yaw.

(computing) A numeric value or string of such values that triggers a specific command or action to occur, rather than displaying a text character.

(generally used in the plural when referral to a single garment) A type of panty girdle with longer legs and a higher waist, normally worn by a woman to lift and shape her buttocks area while flattening the stomach area.

A form of control system whose parameters may be changed dynamically in order to adapt to a changing environment.

Possessing self-control; having mastery of one's own desires.

plural of control surface

Any mechanical (or other) system used to keep one or more variable parameters constant, or within specified bounds.

plural of control mechanism

(linguistics) A control verb whose shared object is not the subject.