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MODERATOR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who mediates disputes and attempts to avoid violence
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("moderator" is a kind of...):
go-between; intercessor; intermediary; intermediator; mediator (a negotiator who acts as a link between parties)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "moderator"):
modifier (a moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising)
Derivation:
moderate (make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else)
moderatorship (the position of moderator)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone who presides over a forum or debate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("moderator" is a kind of...):
presiding officer (the leader of a group meeting)
Derivation:
moderate (preside over)
moderatorship (the position of moderator)
Sense 3
Meaning:
In the Presbyterian church, the officer who presides over a synod or general assembly
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("moderator" is a kind of...):
presiding officer (the leader of a group meeting)
Derivation:
moderatorship (the position of moderator)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Any substance used to slow down neutrons in nuclear reactors
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("moderator" is a kind of...):
inhibitor (a substance that retards or stops an activity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "moderator"):
deuterium oxide; heavy water (water containing a substantial proportion of deuterium atoms, used in nuclear reactors)
Holonyms ("moderator" is a part of...):
nuclear reactor; reactor ((physics) any of several kinds of apparatus that maintain and control a nuclear reaction for the production of energy or artificial elements)
