most monitorial
ɪˈtɔr
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monitor (ˈmɒnɪtə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a person or piece of equipment that warns, checks, controls, or keeps a continuous record of something |
| 2. | education |
| a. a senior pupil with various supervisory duties | |
| b. a pupil assisting a teacher in classroom organization, etc | |
| 3. | a television screen used to display certain kinds of information in a television studio, airport, etc |
| 4. | the unit in a desk computer that contains the screen |
| 5. | a. a loudspeaker used in a recording studio control room to determine quality or balance |
| b. a loudspeaker used on stage to enable musicians to hear themselves | |
| 6. | a device for controlling the direction of a water jet in fire fighting |
| 7. | See also Komodo dragon any large predatory lizard of the genus Varanus and family Varanidae, inhabiting warm regions of Africa, Asia, and Australia |
| 8. | mining Also called: giant a nozzle for directing a high-pressure jet of water at the material to be excavated |
| 9. | (formerly) a small heavily armoured shallow-draught warship used for coastal assault |
| —vb | |
| 10. | to act as a monitor of |
| 11. | to observe or record (the activity or performance) of (an engine or other device) |
| 12. | to check (the technical quality of) (a radio or television broadcast) |
| [C16: from Latin, from monēre to advise] | |
| monitorial | |
| —adj | |
| moni'torially | |
| —adv | |
| 'monitorship | |
| —n | |
| 'monitress | |
| —fem n | |
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