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      monitor
      noun
      (computing) A device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output from a computer.
      Someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone.
      A device that detects and informs on the presence, quantity, etc., of something.
      (computing) A program for viewing and editing.
      A studio monitor or loudspeaker.
      (nautical) A relatively small armored warship with only one or two turrets (but often carrying unusually large guns for a warship of its size), usually designed for shore bombardment or riverine warfare rather than open-ocean combat.
      A monitor lizard (Varanus spp. and extinct relatives in family Varanidae).
      (engineering) 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 several tools successively into position.
      A monitor nozzle.
      Any of several publications e.g. the "Christian Science Monitor".
      (Freemasonry) A text of works or instruction which are not secret and may be written e.g. "Indiana Monitor and Freemasons' Guide".
      The USS Monitor, the first ironclad warship of its type.
      (Hong Kong, Singapore, archaic in British) A student leader in a class.
      (obsolete) One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution.
      (archaic) An ironclad.
      (computing, dated) The command line interface of an operating system.
      verb
      (transitive) To watch over; to guard.
      Roots
      moneomon- · Latin · warn, remind
      Synonyms for monitor
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