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Definition of Monitor
1. Noun. Someone who supervises (an examination).
Specialized synonyms: Invigilator
Generic synonyms: Supervisor
Derivative terms: Proctor, Proctorship
2. Verb. Keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance. "The police monitor the suspect's moves"
Specialized synonyms: Sleuth, Snoop, Spy, Stag
Generic synonyms: Observe
Derivative terms: Monitoring, Supervision, Supervisor
3. Noun. Someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided.
Generic synonyms: Defender, Guardian, Protector, Shielder
Derivative terms: Admonish, Admonish
4. Verb. Check, track, or observe by means of a receiver.
5. Noun. An ironclad vessel built by Federal forces to do battle with the Merrimac.
6. Noun. Display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor.
Group relationships: Computer, Computing Device, Computing Machine, Data Processor, Electronic Computer, Information Processing System
Specialized synonyms: Computer Monitor
Generic synonyms: Display, Video Display
Terms within: Cathode-ray Oscilloscope, Cro, Oscilloscope, Scope
7. Noun. Electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or content of electronic transmissions.
Group relationships: Television, Television System
Specialized synonyms: Television Monitor, Tv Monitor
8. Noun. A piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble.
Generic synonyms: Electronic Equipment
9. Noun. Any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles.
Generic synonyms: Lizard
Group relationships: Genus Varanus, Varanus
Specialized synonyms: African Monitor, Varanus Niloticus, Dragon Lizard, Giant Lizard, Komodo Dragon, Komodo Lizard, Varanus Komodoensis
Definition of Monitor
1. n. One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution.
2. n. A monitor nozzle.
Definition of Monitor
1. to keep track of [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Monitor
1.
1. One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution. "You need not be a monitor to the king." (Bacon)
2. Hence, specifically, a pupil selected to look to the school in the absence of the instructor, to notice the absence or faults of the scholars, or to instruct a division or class.
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