'Moderating' definitions:
Definition of 'moderating'
From: WordNet
adjective
Lessening in intensity or strength [ant: intensifying]
Definition of 'Moderating'
From: GCIDE
- Moderate \Mod"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Moderated; p. pr. & vb. n. Moderating.]
- 1. To restrain from excess of any kind; to reduce from a state of violence, intensity, or excess; to keep within bounds; to make temperate; to lessen; to allay; to repress; to temper; to qualify; as, to moderate rage, action, desires, etc.; to moderate heat or wind. [1913 Webster]
- By its astringent quality, it moderates the relaxing quality of warm water. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
- To moderate stiff minds disposed to strive. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To preside over, direct, or regulate, as a public meeting or a discussion; as, to moderate a synod; to moderate a debate. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Definition of 'moderating'
From: GCIDE
- moderating \moderating\ adj. lessening in intensity or strength. Opposite of intensifying. [Narrower terms: tempering; weakening] [WordNet 1.5]