moderator

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Synonyms: moderato, moderate, operator, moderation, moderated, macerator, tolerator, moderators, modulator, moderates, federator

Antonyms: moderato, moderate, operator, moderation, moderated, macerator, tolerator, moderators, modulator, moderates, federator

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Noun

1. Someone who [[moderate]]s.
2. The person who [[preside]]s over a [[synod]] of a [[Presbyterian]] church.
3. {{lb|en|nuclear physics}} A substance (often [[water]] or [[graphite]]) used to decrease the [[speed]] of fast [[neutron]]s in a [[nuclear reactor]] and hence increase likelihood of [[fission]].
4. A device used to deaden some of the noise from a firearm, although not to the same extent as a suppressor or [[silencer]].
5. {{lb|en|UK}} An [[examiner]] at Oxford and Cambridge universities.
6. {{lb|en|Ireland}} At the University of Dublin, either the first (senior) or second (junior) in [[rank]] in an [[examination]] for the [[degree]] of [[Bachelor of Arts]].
7. {{lb|en|UK}} Someone who supervises and monitors the setting and marking of examinations by different people to ensure consistency of standards.
8. A [[mechanical]] [[arrangement]] for regulating [[motion]] in a [[machine]], or producing equality of effect.
9. {{lb|en|historical}} A kind of [[lamp]] in which the [[flow]] of the [[oil]] to the [[wick]] is [[regulate]]d.

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