moderator (noun)

  • 21graphite — noun Etymology: German Graphit, from Greek graphein to write Date: 1796 1. a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors… …

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  • 22linkman — noun Date: 1716 1. linkboy 2. British a broadcasting moderator or anchorman …

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  • 23ringmaster — noun Date: 1859 one in charge of performances in a ring (as of a circus); broadly a supervisor or moderator especially of a performance or presentation < the ringmaster of a talk show > …

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  • 24stated clerk — noun Date: circa 1909 an executive officer of a Presbyterian general assembly, synod, or presbytery ranking below the moderator …

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  • 25moderatorship — noun see moderator …

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  • 26common sense — noun Ordinary sensible understanding; ones basic intelligence which allows for plain understanding and without which good decisions or judgments cannot be made. This common sense is the judge or moderator of the rest, by whom we discern all&#8230; …

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  • 27heavy water — noun water containing deuterium instead of normal hydrogen (symbol DO); used as a moderator in nuclear reactors. Syn: deuterium oxide …

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  • 28negotiator — noun /nɪˈɡoʊ.ʃi.eɪ.ɾɚ/ a) One who negotiates. b) A diplomat, moderator …

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  • 29mode — noun /məʊd,moʊd/ a) One of several ancient scales, one of which corresponds to the modern major scale and one to the natural minor scale What was the mode of entry? b) A particular means of accomplishing something. In insert mode, characters&#8230; …

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  • 30mean free path — noun the average distance travelled between two similar events; especially by molecules in a gas or liquid, electrons or phonons in a crystal or neutrons in a moderator …

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