controller
One who controls something.
Other meanings
Any electric or mechanical device for controlling a circuit or system.
The chief accounting officer which audits, and manages the financial affairs of a company or government; a comptroller.
Related words
- controllerless
- controllership
- overcontroller
- servocontroller
- subcontroller
- telecontroller
- thermocontroller
- undercontroller
- bread-controller
- flight controller
- microcontroller
- motion controller
Word history
From Medieval Latin "contrārotulātor".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “controller” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.