moderator
a person or thing that moderates.
a person who presides over a panel discussion on radio or television.
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.
a presiding officer, as at a public forum, a legislative body, or an ecclesiastical body in the Presbyterian Church.
Physics. a substance, as graphite or heavy water, used to slow neutrons to speeds at which they are more efficient in causing fission.
Origin of moderator
1Other words from moderator
- mod·er·a·to·ri·al [mod-er-uh-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr-], /ˌmɒd ər əˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr-/, adjective
- mod·er·a·tor·ship, noun
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How to use moderator in a sentence
Unlike other violations of Nextdoor rules, which are reported to community moderators, Covid-19 misinformation that’s flagged by users goes straight to Nextdoor’s hired support staff.
In managing the public-facing part of TheDonald, Williams said moderators were deeply split on how aggressively to enforce site policies.
TheDonald’s owner speaks out on why he finally pulled plug on hate-filled site | Craig Timberg, Drew Harwell | February 5, 2021 | Washington PostJosh Redd, a rider who is one of the volunteer moderators of the Christian page, said he wasn’t aware if the rumors Love’s show was threatened were accurate.
Peloton makes toning your glutes feel spiritual. But should Jesus be part of the experience? | Michelle Boorstein | February 5, 2021 | Washington PostHe advised the moderators to click on Robinhood CEO Vladimir Tenev so he could talk.
Elon Musk grills Robinhood CEO over GameStop trading freeze: ‘The people demand answers’ | Faiz Siddiqui, Timothy Bella | February 1, 2021 | Washington PostThe moderators wrapped up the session and closed out by playing “Starman” by David Bowie…
Elon Musk busts Clubhouse limit, fans stream to YouTube, he switches to interviewing Robinhood CEO | Mike Butcher | February 1, 2021 | TechCrunch
moderator Jan Jarboe Russell, an author and writer for Texas Monthly, asked Rep. Castro whether politics was in his blood.
Live from San Antonio: Women in the World Texas! | Women in the World | October 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTmoderator Alicia Menendez, an anchor on the Fusion network, asked about the influence of her children.
Live from San Antonio: Women in the World Texas! | Women in the World | October 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs a moderator was keen to point out, his name remains on the bill as a sponsor.
Watch a Republican Try to Duck the Abortion Ban He Cosponsored | Jack Holmes | October 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter the laughter subsided, the moderator pressed, “What else do you know about her, any impressions of her?”
“This is the biggest day in the history of The View,” current moderator Whoopi Goldberg announced at the top of the hour.
Barbara Walters’s Final ‘The View’: A Tearful Farewell Befitting an Icon | Kevin Fallon | May 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe had the innate slant of mind that properly belongs to a moderator of mass meetings called to aggravate a crisis.
The Eve of the Revolution | Carl BeckerThe moderator on this occasion was Theodore Beza, who had been specially invited to France.
History of the Rise of the Huguenots | Henry BairdThis happens in most of the New England towns, where the same man is moderator at the town-meetings for many years in succession.
The Trial of Theodore Parker | Theodore ParkerThe moderator and brethren ordained that she should be prohibited from performing any cure, under pain of incarceration.
The Mysteries of All Nations | James GrantA neutron moderator slows down the neutrons and thus makes them more likely to activate the calcium in the bones.
The Atomic Fingerprint | Bernard Keisch
British Dictionary definitions for moderator
/ (ˈmɒdəˌreɪtə) /
a person or thing that moderates
Presbyterian Church 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
Derived forms of moderator
- moderatorship, noun
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Scientific definitions for moderator
[ mŏd′ə-rā′tər ]
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). Also called neutron moderator See also slow neutron.
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