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unmoderated, a.
Brit. |ˌʌnˈmɒdəreɪtɪd|, U.S. |ənˈmɑdəˌreɪdɪd|
[‹ un- prefix1 + moderated adj.]
1.
a. Not subject to moderation; not controlled or kept within reasonable limits; immoderate.
1756C. Smart tr. Horace Wks. I. 143 Clouds and rains storm with unmoderated fury. 1798J. Fawcett Poems 166 Unmoderated admiration of the French Revolution. 1812Shelley Let. 20 Jan. (1964) I. 232, I have no soul-chilling alteration to record of his character, the unmoderated enthusiasm of philanthropy still characterizes him. 1858J. C. Peters Sci. & Art of Med. I. No. 2. 181 The loss of control of the nerve over that portion of the vascular system, allowing the blood to be thrown in full force to the head, unmoderated by the contractility of the arteries. 1922L. Mumford in H. Stearns Civilization in U.S. 9 In the five and ten cent store it is possible for the circumscribed factory operative to obtain the illusion of unmoderated expenditure. 1958Ethics 69 69/1 It [sc. Weiss's ‘rectilinear’ system] stands unmoderated by any recognition of ultimate irrationality, of a brute existential or experiential given. 1978Times 8 June 11/3 How else to explain the unmoderated ecstasy which greeted Chorus Line, which is..hardly a maker of epochs?
b. Computing. Of a newsgroup or other electronic forum: having no moderator. Cf. moderator n. 5d.
1981Telecom Digest (Electronic text) 1 No. 5 I also tried to start the first list of this type but it was unmoderated and based at MC and got out of hand. 1989Whole Earth Rev. (Nexis) Jan. 113 Anyone on Usenet can post an article to an unmoderated newsgroup, and within a few days it will propagate to every site subscribing to that newsgroup. 2001Broadcast 26 Oct. 8/1 No link should be made from children's pages to unmoderated chat rooms, while children's pages should only carry pre-moderated message boards and email addresses should not be included.
2. Nuclear Physics. Of a nuclear reactor: not provided with a moderator. Of a neutron: not slowed by a moderator. Cf. moderated adj. 3.
1949Physical Rev. 75 1782/2 A foil placed inside heavy Cd near such a plate receives only unmoderated fission neutrons if all slowing down materials are carefully excluded. 1960Nucl. Sci. Engin. 8 691 (title) Godiva II—an unmoderated pulse-irradiation reactor. 1971Science 19 Nov. 808/1 The more efficient..cycle can utilize essentially unmoderated neutrons with energies thousands of times higher. 1990Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) (A.) 331409 Fast breeder reactors (FBRs) of the present generation are characterized by unmoderated reactor cores, i.e. the use of fast neutrons. |