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moni·tor (män′i tər)
noun
- a person who advises, warns, or cautions
- in some schools, a student chosen to help keep order, record attendance, etc.
- something that reminds or warns
- any of a family (Varanidae) of usually very large, flesh-eating lizards of Africa, S Asia, and Australia: from the notion that they warn of the presence of crocodiles
- ☆
Etymology: < the Monitor, first such ship, built in 1862
Historical a heavily armored warship with a low, flat deck and heavy guns fitted in one or more revolving turrets - ☆ a mounting for a nozzle that allows a stream of water to be played in any direction, as in fire fighting
- a person who monitors a foreign broadcast, etc.
- any of various devices for checking or regulating the performance of machines, aircraft, guided missiles, etc.
- an instrument for measuring radioactive contamination by means of the ionizing radiation being emitted
- Comput. a video screen for displaying data, graphic images, etc.
- Radio, TV a receiver or speaker, as in the control room of a broadcasting studio, for checking the quality of the transmission
Etymology: L < pp. of monere, to warn < IE *moni- < base *men-, to think > mind
transitive verb, intransitive verb
- to watch or check on (a person or thing) as a monitor
- to check on or regulate the performance of (a machine, airplane, etc.)
- to test for radioactive contamination with a monitor
- to listen in on (a foreign broadcast, telephone conversation, etc.) as for gathering political or military information
- Radio, TV to check the quality of (transmission) with or as with a monitor
Related Forms:
- monitorship mon′·i·tor·ship′ noun
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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Object
- progress: A key part of its remit will be to monitor progress.
Converse of object
- calibrate: It's not possible, that only calibrating the monitor made that change.
Adjective modifier
- monochrome: I wouldn't expect much from a monochrome monitor set to show 256 ( or even 127 ) shades of gray.
Adjective complement
- 24x7: Our shared servers are fine tuned and monitored 24x7 to ensure they deliver the optimum hosting performance.
Noun used with modifier
- heart: A heart rate monitor is also an essential tool for any workout.
Infinitive complement
- ensure: Projects are monitored to ensure that the outputs predicted in the original application are being achieved.
Modifies a noun
- calibration: Poor color could be due to lack of monitor calibration and to a much lesser extent lack of scanner calibration.
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There grows the wild ash; and a time-stricken willow Looks chidingly down on the mirth of the billow, As, like some gay child that sad monitor scorning, It lightly laughs back to the laugh of the morning.
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