See Also: moderator(dictionary)
moderator(dictionary)
MODERATOR(law)
moderator band(medicine)
moderator variable(medicine)

moderator (iou)



moderator noun. LME.
[Latin, formed as MODERATE verb: see -OR.]
A ruler, a governor. LME-M19.
A person who acts as an arbitrator between disputants; an arbiter. Also, a mediator. M16.
A Presbyterian minister elected to preside over an ecclesiastical body. M16.
gen. A person chosen to preside over a meeting or assembly and conduct its business. L16.
b. spec. A chairman of a television or radio discussion. N. Amer. M20.
a. Orig., a public officer appointed to preside over the disputations or exercises for university degrees. Later, (a) at Cambridge, either of two officers responsible for the proper conduct of the mathematical tripos examination; (b) at Oxford, an examiner for Moderations. L16.
b. At Dublin University: an honours graduate. M19.
c. An examiner who moderates examination papers etc. M20.
A person who or thing which mitigates something or makes something moderate. E17.
b. A regulator to control the flow of oil to the wick of an oil-lamp; (also moderator-lamp) a lamp equipped with this. M19.
c. A substance that slows down neutrons passing through it; spec. one used in a nuclear reactor to control the rate of fission (fast neutrons being less efficient at causing fission). M20.
modera'torial adjective pertaining to or characteristic of a moderator M19.
moderatorship noun the function or office of moderator M17.