monitor

(mŏn'ĭ-tər)

1. One that admonishes, cautions, or reminds, especially with respect to matters of conduct.
2. A pupil who assists a teacher in routine duties.
3. 1. A usually electronic device used to record, regulate, or control a process or system.
   2. A receiver, such as a screen or speaker, that is used to check the quality or content of an electronic transmission: followed the broadcast on the television monitor.
   3. Computer Science. A device that accepts video signals from a computer and displays information on a screen; a video display.
4. Computer Science. A program that observes, supervises, or controls the activities of other programs.
5. An articulated device holding a rotating nozzle with which a jet of water is regulated, used in mining and firefighting.
6. 1. A heavily ironclad warship of the 19th century with a low, flat deck and one or more gun turrets.
   2. A modern warship designed for coastal bombardment.
7. Biology. Any of various tropical carnivorous lizards of the family Varanidae, living in the East Indies, southern Asia, Africa, Australia, and New Guinea and ranging in length from several centimeters to 3 meters (10 feet).

1. To check the quality or content of (an electronic audio or visual signal) by means of a receiver.
2. To check by means of an electronic receiver for significant content, such as military, political, or illegal activity: monitor a suspected criminal's phone conversations.
3. To keep track of systematically with a view to collecting information: monitor the bear population of a national park; monitored the political views of the people.
4. To test or sample, especially on a regular or ongoing basis: monitored the city's drinking water for impurities.
5. To keep close watch over; supervise: monitor an examination.
6. To direct.

[Latin, from monēre, to warn.]

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1. Instrument used to audit something, as a receiver used in a television studio to view the picture being picked up by the camera, or hardware that displays the operations of a computer system.

2. Using a receiver to listen to or view a radio or television broadcast to check fidelity and quality, as well as content.

3. Regulate or control, from a control booth, the production of a radio or television show or an audio recording session.

Definition: listen, watch carefully
Antonyms: forget, ignore, neglect

n. a person who listens to and reports on foreign radio broadcasts and signals.

1. maintain regular surveillance over: it was easy for the enemy to monitor his movements.

2. listen to and report on (a foreign radio broadcast or a telephone conversation).

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Elevated section of a roof with openings at both sides for light and ventilation running its full length (as in a US railway-car or a factory).

(DOD, NATO) 1. The act of listening, carrying out surveillance on, and/or recording the emissions of one's own or allied forces for the purposes of maintaining and improving procedural standards and security, or for reference, as applicable. 2. The act of listening, carrying out surveillance on, and/or recording of enemy emissions for intelligence purposes. 3. The act of detecting the presence of radiation and the measurement thereof with radiation measuring instruments. Also called radiological monitoring.

1. any instrument or device for checking, controlling, measuring, or keeping a record of some varying biological activity or chemical or physical property, e.g. absorbance, (radio)activity, concentration, pH, respiration.
2. to serve as a monitor of (some activity or property); to use a monitor.

• Reptiles
• Hardware and Peripherals - monitor: high-resolution display screen; low-level CPU control that operates program
• Newspaper Names
• Teachers and Students - monitor: student appointed to assist teacher
• Television Technology - monitor: television set with no audio output, used on stage to show performers and technicians what is being shot and/or broadcast
• Verbs of Sight - monitor: observe over time; check for specific reason

Dansk (Danish)
n. - skærm, billedskærm, kontrolanordning, monitor
v. tr. - overvåge, kontrollere, undersøge, spore
v. intr. - fungere som skærm/monitor

Nederlands (Dutch)
in de gaten houden, afluisteren, bijhouden, toezicht houden (op), toezichthouder, controleapparaat, beeldscherm, geluidsbox op het podium (voor artiest), afluisteraar

Français (French)
n. - (gén, Tech) dispositif de surveillance, écran de contrôle, (Méd) moniteur, (Audio, Comput) moniteur, (GB, École) élève responsable d'une tâche (des cahiers de texte), (US, École) surveillant, (Journ, Radio) permanencier
v. tr. - (gén, Tech) contrôler, surveiller, (Méd) surveiller, (École) suivre (des progrès), (Radio, Journ) être à l'écoute de
v. intr. - suivre de près, contrôler

Deutsch (German)
v. - abhören, überwachen, kontollieren
n. - Monitor, Mithörer, Überwacher, (zo.) Waran

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ελέγχω, παρακολουθώ, εποπτεύω, επιτηρώ
n. - επιμελητής σχολικής τάξης, οθόνη ηλεκτρονικού υπολογιστή, ελεγκτής (ραδιοφώνου ή τηλεόρασης), διάταξη παρακολούθησης ή επιτήρησης

Italiano (Italian)
controllare, intercettare, monitor

Português (Portuguese)
v. - monitorar, bisbilhotar
n. - monitor (m) (Comp.), aquele que controla, que monitora (m), lembrete (m)

Русский (Russian)
советник, староста, монитор, радиоперехватчик, управлять, советовать, контролировать

Español (Spanish)
n. - monitor, amonestador, instructor
v. tr. - escuchar, controlar, monitorear, amonestar, advertir
v. intr. - monitorear

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - övervaka, avlyssna
n. - ordningsman, monitor, övervakare, varan (slags ödla), vattenkanon

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
班长, 监视器, 监听器, 监控, 监测, 监听, 监视

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 班長, 監視器, 監聽器
v. tr. - 監控, 監測, 監聽, 監視
v. intr. - 監控, 監測, 監聽, 監視

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 학급 위원, 주의를 주는 것, 화면
v. tr. - 청취하다, 제어하다
v. intr. - 모니터 노릇을 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 学級委員係, モニター装置, 海外放送聴取係, モニター, オオトカゲ, 風紀委員, モニター艦, 監視装置
v. - 傍受する, 監視する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتنصت, يراقب (الاسم) مراقب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מצג, צג, בודק, חניך תורן, משגוח, גלאי קרינה רדיו-אקטיבית, קשב-רדיו, מכשיר-ניטור, לטאה טרופית‬
v. tr. - ‮עקב אחרי-, האזין ל-, כוונן את איכות הקליטה‬
v. intr. - ‮שימש כמצג, גלאי, מכשיר ניטור‬

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