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

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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

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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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