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MONITOR
monitor, monitor lizard, varan
(noun) any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles
monitor
(noun) a piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble
monitor
(noun) electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or content of electronic transmissions
monitor, monitoring device
(noun) display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor
Monitor
(noun) an ironclad vessel built by Federal forces to do battle with the Merrimac
admonisher, monitor, reminder
(noun) someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided
proctor, monitor
(noun) someone who supervises (an examination)
monitor, supervise
(verb) keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance; “we are monitoring the air quality”; “the police monitor the suspect’s moves”
monitor
(verb) check, track, or observe by means of a receiver
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
monitor (plural monitors)
Someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone.
A device that detects and informs on the presence, quantity, etc, of something.
(computing) A device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output from a computer.
A studio monitor or loudspeaker.
(computing) A program for viewing and editing.
(British, archaic) A student leader in a class.
(nautical) One of a class of relatively small armored warships designed for shore bombardment or riverine warfare rather than combat with other ships.
(archaic) An ironclad.
A monitor lizard.
(obsolete) One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution.
(engineering) A tool holder, as for a lathe, shaped like a low turret, and capable of being revolved on a vertical pivot so as to bring the several tools successively into position.
A monitor nozzle.
Verb
monitor (third-person singular simple present monitors, present participle monitoring, simple past and past participle monitored)
(transitive) To watch over; to guard.
Synonyms
• oversee, supervise, track
Anagrams
• montoir, tromino
Proper noun
Monitor
Any of several publications e.g. the "Christian Science Monitor".
(freemasonry) A text of works or instruction which are not secret and may be written e.g. "Indiana Monitor and Freemasons' Guide".
Anagrams
• montoir, tromino
Source: Wiktionary
Mon"i*tor, n. Etym: [L., fr. monere. See Monition, and cf. Mentor.]
1. One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution. You need not be a monitor to the king. Bacon.
2. Hence, specifically, a pupil selected to look to the school in the absence of the instructor, to notice the absence or faults of the scholars, or to instruct a division or class.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any large Old World lizard of the genus Varanus; esp., the Egyptian species (V. Niloticus), which is useful because it devours the eggs and young of the crocodile. It is sometimes five or six feet long.
4. Etym: [So called from the name given by Captain Ericson, its designer, to the first ship of the kind.]
Definition: An ironclad war vessel, very low in the water, and having one or more heavily-armored revolving turrets, carrying heavy guns.
5. (Mach.)
Definition: A tool holder, as for a lathe, shaped like a low turret, and capable of being revolved on a vertical pivot so as to bring successively the several tools in holds into proper position for cutting. Monitor top, the raised central portion, or clearstory, of a car roof, having low windows along its sides.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
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