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moderator

[ mod-uh-rey-ter ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that moderates.
  2. a person who presides over a panel discussion on radio or television.
  3. a member of an online message board or electronic mailing list with privileges and responsibilities to approve or reject messages and uphold the terms of service.
  4. a presiding officer, as at a public forum, a legislative body, or an ecclesiastical body in the Presbyterian Church.
  5. Physics. a substance, as graphite or heavy water, used to slow neutrons to speeds at which they are more efficient in causing fission.


moderator

/ ˈ³¾É’»åəˌ°ù±ðɪ³ÙÉ™ /

noun

  1. a person or thing that moderates
  2. Presbyterian Church a minister appointed to preside over a Church court, synod, or general assembly
  3. a presiding officer at a public or legislative assembly
  4. a material, such as heavy water or graphite, used for slowing down neutrons in the cores of nuclear reactors so that they have more chance of inducing nuclear fission
  5. an examiner at Oxford or Cambridge Universities in first public examinations
  6. (in Britain and New Zealand) one who is responsible for consistency of standards in the grading of some educational assessments
  7. a person who monitors the conversations in an on-line chatroom for bad language, inappropriate content, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

moderator

/ ³¾Å»å′ə-°ùÄå′tÉ™°ù /

  1. A substance, such as graphite, water, or heavy water, placed in a nuclear reactor to slow neutrons down to speeds at which they are more likely to be captured by fissionable components of a fuel (such as uranium-235) and less likely to be absorbed by nonfissionable components of a fuel (such as uranium-238).
  2. Also called neutron moderator
  3. See also slow neutron
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³¾´Ç»å±ðËŒ°ù²¹³Ù´Ç°ù²õ³ó¾±±è, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¾´Ç»å·±ð°ù·²¹Â·³Ù´Ç·°ù¾±Â·²¹±ô [mod-er-, uh, -, tawr, -ee-, uh, l, -, tohr, -], adjective
  • ³¾´Ç»åİù·²¹î€…t´Ç°ù·²õ³ó¾±±è noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of moderator1

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin ³¾´Ç»å±ð°ùÄå³Ù´Ç°ù, equivalent to ³¾´Ç»å±ð°ùÄå ( °ùÄ« ) to control ( moderate ) + -tor -tor
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The images were not limited to those from profiles, he said – they included pictures which had been sent privately in messages, and even some which had been removed by moderators.

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Trump and other conservatives cried foul because debate moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis pushed back against Trump’s inaccurate statements, including that Haitian immigrants in Ohio were eating people’s pets.

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Many tech firm moderators have ongoing legal claims as employees claimed the work had destroyed their mental health - but the foundation said its duty of care was "gold standard".

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They appear to know how to evade detection by TikTok's content moderators, while generating the right amount of sexual teasing to pique customers' interest.

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I was in the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, talking to the moderator.

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