monitor
Sentences
Meaning
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- 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.
- 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.
- A program for viewing and editing.
- (obsolete) The command line interface of an operating system.
- A student leader in a class.
- A relatively small armored warship with only one or two turrets (but often carrying unusually large guns for a warship of its size), usually designed for shore bombardment or riverine warfare rather than open-ocean combat.
- A monitor lizard (Varanus spp. and extinct relatives in family Varanidae.
- A bus monitor.
- 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 several tools successively into position.
- A monitor nozzle.
- (obsolete) One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution.
- An ironclad.
Synonyms
monitoring device
computer display
stand sentinel
watch dog
keep track of
VDT
head of class
stand watch
control device
hydraulic giant
hydraulic monitor
indicating gage
pupil teacher
index mark
high-pressure water jet
indicator scale
watch-dog
indicating unit
indicated device
glass runner
sighting marker
rear finder
indicated meter
pointer arm
control set-up
procedure of supervision
monitoring panel
computer monitor
control gear
keep guard
monitor routine
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmɒn.ɪ.tə/
Etymology
From Latin monitor (“warner”), from perfect passive participle monitus (“warning”), from verb monere (“to warn, admonish, remind”). Warship sense is from USS Monitor, the first ship of this type.
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