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Moderator may refer to:

In organisations:

• Forum moderator, a person given special powers to enforce the rules on an Internet forum or newsgroup

Contents 1 Religion 2 Government 3 Other uses 4 See also

[edit] Religion

• Moderator of the General Assembly, the chairperson of the highest court of a presbyterian church
  • Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
• the elected leader of a state synod of the Uniting Church of Australia
• the presiding bishop of the Church of North India
• the presiding bishop of the Church of South India
• a priest-moderator is a post-Vatican II priest that leads a pastoral team.

[edit] Government

• Moderator (town official), elected official who presides over the Town Meeting form of government

[edit] 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
• Another name for a Presenter or television host

[edit] See also

Terminology:

• Moderator (Internet)
• Moderator (Nuclear Reactor)

Related:

• Moderators and clerks in the Church of Scotland
• List of Moderators of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA)

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