monitor
noun
- 1
Someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone.
“The camp monitors look after the children during the night, when the teachers are asleep.”
- 2
A device that detects and informs on the presence, quantity, etc., of something.
- 3
A device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output from a computer.
“The information flashed up on the monitor.”
- 4
A studio monitor or loudspeaker.
- 5
A program for viewing and editing.
“a machine code monitor”
- 6
A student leader in a class.
- 7
One of a class of relatively small armored warships designed for shore bombardment or riverine warfare rather than combat with other ships.
- 8
An ironclad.
- 9
A monitor lizard.
- 10
One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution.
- 11
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 the several tools successively into position.
- 12
A monitor nozzle.
verb
- 1
To watch over; to guard.
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