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moderator

 
Dictionary: mod·er·a·tor   (mŏd'ə-rā'tər) pronunciation
n.
  1. One that moderates, as:
    1. One that arbitrates or mediates.
    2. One who presides over a meeting, forum, or debate.
  2. The officer who presides over a synod or general assembly of the Presbyterian Church.
  3. Physics. A substance, such as water or graphite, that is used in a nuclear reactor to decrease the speed of fast neutrons and increase the likelihood of fission.

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n

A chairman; one who presides over an assembly, group, or panel.

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: A person who is in charge of conducting a discussion or debate.

pronunciation The moderator was very fair in delivering the questions to the debaters.

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Moderator may refer to:

In organisations:

  • Forum moderator, a person given special powers to enforce the rules on an Internet forum or newsgroup

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Religion

Government

Other uses

  • Moderator variable in statistics is a qualitative or quantitative variable that affects the direction and/or strength of the relation between dependent and independent variables
  • Neutron moderator, a medium that reduces the velocity of fast neutrons
  • Sound moderator, a suppressor, a device attached to a firearm
  • Another name for a Presenter or television host

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Translations: Moderator
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - mægler, ordstyrer, presbyteriansk præst, som leder af et møde

Nederlands (Dutch)
discussieleider

Français (French)
n. - président (d'une assemblée), (Écosse, Relig) président, (GB, École, Univ) examinateur, (Phys, Tech) modérateur

Deutsch (German)
n. - Moderator, Vermittler, Vorsitzender

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ρυθμιστής

Italiano (Italian)
moderatore

Português (Portuguese)
n. - moderador (m)

Русский (Russian)
посредник, арбитр, председатель, ведущий экзаменатор на публичном экзамене, регулятор

Español (Spanish)
n. - moderador, mediador, árbitro, presidente de un tribunal de exámenes

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skiljedomare, ordförande, examinator, moderator

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
仲裁者, 节目主持人, 会议主席, 调节器

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 仲裁者, 節目主持人, 會議主席, 調節器

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 조정을 하는 사람, (토론의) 사회자

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 仲裁者, 大会議長, 数学優等試験監督官, 減速剤, 調整器

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) معدل, ملطف, مترئس‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מתווך, בורר, יושב-ראש, בוחן בבחינות מסוימות באוניברסיטת אוקספורד, חומר מאט ניטרונים‬


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