Etymology : Latin, one that warns, overseer, from monEre to warn; more at MIND
Pronunciation : mä-n&-t&r
Function : noun
Date : 1546
1. monitor.
2. supervisor, device for regulating (esp. the transmission quality of radio and television broadcasts); screen, device that produces the visual display (Computers); one who oversees; inspector; that which warns or cautions. supervise, observe; follow up on, check up on; regulate the quality of radio or television broadcasts; keep track of, regulate. monitor\mon"i*tor\ , n. [l., fr. monere. see:
monition, and cf. mentor.].
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. (zo?l.) any large old world lizard of the genus varanus; esp., the egyptian species (v. niloticus), which is useful because it devours the eggs and young of the crocodile. it is sometimes five or six feet long.
6. [so called from the name given by captain ericson, its designer, to the first ship of the kind.] an ironclad war vessel, very low in the water, and having one or more heavily-armored revolving turrets, carrying heavy guns.
7. (mach.) 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 successively the several tools in holds into proper position for cutting.monitor top, the raised central portion, or clearstory, of a car roof, having low windows along its sides.monitor \mon"i*tor\, n. a monitor nozzle.monitor n.
8. display consisting of a device that takes signals from a computer and displays them on a crt screen [syn: monitoring device ].
9. someone who supervises (an examination) [syn: proctor].
10. someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided [syn: admonisher, reminder].
11. an iron-clad vessel built by federal forces to do battle with the merrimac [syn: monitor].
12. electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or content of electronic transmissions.
13. a piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble.
14. any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of africa asia and australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles [syn: monitor lizard , varan] keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance [syn: supervise, ride herd on].
15. One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution.
16. 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.
17. Any large Old World lizard of the genus Varanus; esp., the Egyptian species , which is useful because it devours the eggs and young of the crocodile.
18. It is sometimes five or six feet long.
19. An ironclad war vessel, very low in the water, and having one or more heavily-armored revolving turrets, carrying heavy guns.
20. 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 successively the several tools in holds into proper position for cutting.
21. A monitor nozzle. any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles a piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or content of electronic transmissions display consisting of a device that takes signals from a computer and displays them on a CRT screen an iron-clad vessel built by Federal forces to do battle with the Merrimac keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance.
22. 1. If you monitor something, you regularly check its development or progress, and sometimes comment on it. Officials had not been allowed to monitor the voting You need feedback to monitor progress. + monitoring moni·tor·ing analysis and monitoring of the global environment.
23. If someone monitors radio broadcasts from other countries, they record them or listen carefully to them in order to obtain information. Peter Murray is in London and has been monitoring reports out of Monrovia.
24. A monitor is a machine that is used to check or record things, for example processes or substances inside a person's body. The heart monitor shows low levels of consciousness.
25. A monitor is a screen which is used to display certain kinds of information, for example in airports or television studios. He was watching a game of tennis on a television monitor. = screen.
26. You can refer to a person who checks that something is done correctly, or that it is fair, as a monitor. Government monitors will continue to accompany reporters. Ironclad warship originally designed for use in shallow harbours and rivers to blockade the Confederate states in the American Civil War. The original ironclad, built by John Ericsson, was named Monitor Its innovative design included minimal exposure above the waterline, a heavily armoured deck and hull, and a revolving gun turret. The inconclusive Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack (1862) was the first between ironclad warships. Never seaworthy, the Monitor sank during a gale off Cape Hatteras that same year, but the U.S. Navy built many improved monitors during the war. The British navy kept its monitors in service as late as World War II. Christian Science Monitor The Monitor and Merrimack Battle of the monitor lizard.
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