About The Word Moderator
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Moderator
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What's The Definition Of Moderator?
[n] someone who mediates disputes and attempts to avoid violence
[n] someone who presides over a forum or debate [n] any substance used to slow down neutrons in nuclear reactors Synonyms | Synonyms for Moderator: Related Terms | Find terms related to Moderator: alleviative | alleviator | anchorman | anodyne | arbiter | arbitrator | assuager | balm | bencher | calmative | chair | chairman | conciliator | coordinator | critic | cushion | dolorifuge | emcee | his honor | his lordship | his worship | impartial arbitrator | indicator | JP | judge | Justice | lenitive | magistrate | master of ceremonies | MC | mediator | mitigator | modulator | mollifier | negotiator | pacificator | pacifier | palliative | peacemaker | president | presiding officer | referee | restraining hand | salve | sedative | shock absorber | soother | soothing syrup | stabilizer | temperer | third party | toastmaster | tranquilizer | umpire | unbiased observer | wiser head See Also | deuterium oxide | go-between | heavy water | inhibitor | intermediary | intermediator | mediator | modifier | nuclear reactor | presiding officer | reactor Moderator In Webster's Dictionary \Mod"er*a`tor\, n. [L.: cf. F. mod['e]rateur.]
1. One who, or that which, moderates, restrains, or pacifies.
--Sir W. Raleigh.
Angling was . . . a moderator of passions. --Walton.
2. The officer who presides over an assembly to preserve
order, propose questions, regulate the proceedings, and
declare the votes.
3. In the University of Oxford, an examiner for moderations;
at Cambridge, the superintendant of examinations for
degrees; at Dublin, either the first (senior) or second
(junior) in rank in an examination for the degree of
Bachelor of Arts.
4. A mechamical arrangement for regulating motion in a
machine, or producing equality of effect.
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