The calm and judicious moderation of Orange.
Motley.
4. pl. The first public examinations for degrees at the University of
Oxford; -- usually contracted to mods.
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Mod"er*a*tism (md"r**tz'm), n. Moderation in doctrines or opinion,
especially in politics or religion.
||Mod`e*ra"to (?), a. & adv. [It. See Moderate.] (Mus.) With a moderate
||degree of quickness; moderately.
Allegro moderato, a little slower than allegro. -- Andante moderato, a
little faster than andante.
Mod"er*a`tor (?), n. [L.: cf. F. modérateur.] 1. One who, or that
which, moderates, restrains, or pacifies. Sir W. Raleigh.
Angling was . . . a moderator of passions.
Walton.
2. The officer who presides over an assembly to preserve order, propose
questions, regulate the proceedings, and declare the votes.
3. 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. A mechanical arrangement for regulating motion in a machine, or
producing equality of effect.
Mod"er*a`tor*ship, n. The office of a moderator.
Mod"er*a`tress (?), n. A female moderator. Fuller.
Mod"er*a`trix (?), n. [L.] A female moderator.
Mod"ern (?), a. [F. moderne, L. modernus; akin to modo just now, orig.
abl. of modus measure; hence, by measure, just now. See Mode.] 1. Of or
pertaining to the present time, or time not long past; late; not
ancient or remote in past time; of recent period; as, modern days,
ages, or time; modern authors; modern fashions; modern taste; modern
practice. Bacon.