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Meaning of 'controller' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Controller [ n.]
- One who, or that which, controls or restraines; one who has power or authority to regulate or control; one who governs.
- An officer appointed to keep a counter register of accounts, or to examine, rectify, or verify accounts.
- 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.

Meaning of 'controller' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . controller [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine
Example in sentence:
  • I turned the controls over to her;
  • the speed controller on his turntable was not working properly

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