moderator

1 any substance used to slow down neutrons in nuclear reactors

2 in the Presdyterian church, the officer who presides over a synod or general assembly

3 someone who presides over a forum or debate

4 someone who mediates disputes and attempts to avoid violence

English

Noun

1. someone who moderates
   1. an arbitrator or mediator
   2. the chairman or president of a meeting etc
2. the person who presides over a synod of a Presbyterian Church
3. a substance (often water or graphite) used to decrease the speed of fast neutrons in a nuclear reactor and hence increase likelihood of fission

Croatian

Noun

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1. moderator

Moderator may refer to:

In organisations

• Moderator of the General Assembly
• Moderators and clerks in the Church of Scotland
• Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
• List of Moderators of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA)
• Church of North India#Governance
• Church of South India#Administration
• Moderator, elected official who presides over the Town Meeting form of government
• Forum moderator, a person given special powers to enforce the rules on an Internet forum or newsgroup

In other uses

• Moderator variable in statistics is a qualitative or quantitative variable that affects the direction and/or strength of the relation between dependent and independent variables
• Neutron moderator, a medium that reduces the velocity of fast neutrons
• Sound moderator, a suppressor, a device attached to a firearm

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