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mon·i·tor

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noun
1.
a student appointed to assist in the conduct of a class or school, as to help take attendance or keep order.
2.
a person appointed to supervise students, applicants, etc., taking an examination, chiefly to prevent cheating; proctor.
3.
a person who admonishes, especially with reference to conduct.
4.
something that serves to remind or give warning.
5.
a device or arrangement for observing, detecting, or recording the operation of a machine or system, especially an automatic control system.
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6.
an instrument for detecting dangerous gases, radiation, etc.
7.
Radio and Television.
a.
a receiving apparatus used in a control room, especially to provide a steady check of the quality of an audio or video transmission.
b.
a similar apparatus placed in various parts of a studio so that an audience can watch a recorded portion of a show, the performer can see the various segments of a program, etc.
c.
any such receiving apparatus used in a closed-circuit system, as in an operating room.
8.
Computers.
a.
a component, as a CRT, with a screen for viewing data at a computer terminal.
b.
a control program. Compare operating system.
c.
a group of systems used to measure the performance of a computer system.
9.
Nautical.
a.
a former U.S. steam-propelled, armored warship of very low freeboard, having one or more turrets and used for coastal defense.
b.
(initial capital letter, italics) the first of such warships, used against the Confederate ironclad warship Merrimac at Hampton Roads, Va., in 1862.
10.
a raised construction straddling the ridge of a roof and having windows or louvers for lighting or ventilating a building, as a factory or warehouse.
11.
an articulated mounting for a nozzle, usually mechanically operated, which permits a stream of water to be played in any desired direction, as in firefighting or hydraulic mining.
12.
Also called giant. (in hydraulic mining) a nozzle for dislodging and breaking up placer deposits with a jet of water.
13.
any of various large lizards of the family Varanidae, of Africa, southern Asia, the East Indies, and Australia, fabled to give warning of the presence of crocodiles: several species are endangered.
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verb (used with object)
14.
Radio and Television.
a.
to listen to (transmitted signals) on a receiving set in order to check the quality of the transmission.
b.
to view or listen to (television or radio transmissions) in order to check the quality of the video or audio.
c.
to listen to (a radio conversation or channel); keep tuned to.
15.
to observe, record, or detect (an operation or condition) with instruments that have no effect upon the operation or condition.
16.
to oversee, supervise, or regulate: to monitor the administering of a test.
17.
to watch closely for purposes of control, surveillance, etc.; keep track of; check continually: to monitor one's eating habits.

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verb (used without object)
18.
to serve as a monitor, detector, supervisor, etc.
Origin:
1540–50; < Latin: prompter, adviser, equivalent to moni-, variant stem of monēre to remind, advise, warn + -tor -tor

Related forms
mon·i·tor·ship, noun
self-mon·i·tor·ing, adjective
un·mon·i·tored, adjective
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monitor
1540s, "senior pupil at a school charged with keeping order, etc.," from L. monitor "one who reminds, admonishes, or checks," from monere "to admonish, warn, advise," related to memini "I remember, I am mindful of," and to mens "mind," from PIE base *men- "to think" (see
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mind (n.)). The lizard so called because it is supposed to give warning of crocodiles (1826). Meaning "squat, slow-moving type of ironclad warship" (1862) so called from name of the first vessel of this design, chosen by Capt. Ericsson because it was meant to "admonish" the Confederate leaders in the U.S. Civil War. Broadcasting sense of "a device to continuously check on the technical quality of a transmission" (1931) led to special sense of "a TV screen displaying the picture from a particular camera." The verb is attested from 1924. Related: Monitored; monitoring.
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monitor mon·i·tor (mŏn'ĭ-tər)
n.
A usually electronic device used to record, regulate, or control a process or system. v. mon·i·tored, mon·i·tor·ing, mon·i·tors

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    monitor   (mŏn'ĭ-tər)  Pronunciation Key 
    A device that accepts video signals from a computer and displays information on a screen. Monitors generally employ cathode-ray tubes or flat-panel displays to project the image. See Note at pixel.
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