1. Noun
One who, or that which, moderates, restrains, or pacifies.
2. Noun
The officer who presides over an assembly to preserve order, propose questions, regulate the proceedings, and declare the votes.
3. Noun
In the University of Oxford, an examiner for moderations; at Cambridge, the superintendant of examinations for degrees; at Dublin, either the first (senior) or second (junior) in rank in an examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts.
4. Noun
A mechamical arrangement for regulating motion in a machine, or producing equality of effect.
5. Noun
A factor that changes when or for whom an effect is stronger or weaker.
A variable that changes the strength or direction of a relationship between other variables. State the relationship being moderated and the expected direction of change.
“Team climate moderated the relationship between workload and burnout.”
State the relationship being moderated and the expected direction of change
6. Noun
someone who mediates disputes and attempts to avoid violence
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