Monitor Definition–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, esp. 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, esp. an automatic control system. |
| 6. | an instrument for detecting dangerous gases, radiation, etc. |
| 7. | Radio and Television. | a. | a receiving apparatus used in a control room, esp. 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. |
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| 8. | Computers. | a. | a component, as a CRT, with a screen for viewing data at a computer terminal. |
| c. | a group of systems used to measure the performance of a computer system. |
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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. |
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| 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. |
–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. |
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| 15. | to observe, record, or detect (an operation or condition) with instruments that have no effect upon the operation or condition. |
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tr>| 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. |
–verb (used without object) | 18. | to serve as a monitor, detector, supervisor, etc. |
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ironclad warship originally designed for use in shallow harbours and rivers to blockade the Confederate states in the American Civil War (1861-65).monitor
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