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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2016mod•er•a•tor /ˈmɑdəˌreɪtɚ/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
- a person or thing that moderates.
- Show Businessa person in charge of a group event or meeting:As the moderator he decides who speaks and for how long.
See -mod-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2016mod•er•a•tor
(mod′ə rā′tər),USA pronunciation n.
- a person or thing that moderates.
- Show Businessa person who presides over a panel discussion on radio or television.
- a presiding officer, as at a public forum, a legislative body, or an ecclesiastical body in the Presbyterian Church.
- Physicsa substance, as graphite or heavy water, used to slow neutrons to speeds at which they are more efficient in causing fission.
mod•er•a•to•ri•al
(mod′ər ə tôr′ē əl, -tōr′-),USA pronunciation adj.
mod′er•a′tor•ship′, n. - Latin moderātor, equivalent. to moderā(rī) to control (see moderate) + -tor -tor
- 1350–1400; Middle English
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
moderator /ˈmɒdəˌreɪtə/ n - a person or thing that moderates
- a minister appointed to preside over a Church court, synod, or general assembly
- a presiding officer at a public or legislative assembly
- 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
- an examiner at Oxford or Cambridge Universities in first public examinations
- (in Britain and New Zealand) one who is responsible for consistency of standards in the grading of some educational assessments
- a person who monitors the conversations in an on-line chatroom for bad language, inappropriate content, etc
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