Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - monitor
Monitor
monitor
n. & v. --n. 1 any of various persons or devices for checking or warning about a situation, operation, etc. 2 a school pupil with disciplinary or other special duties. 3 a a television receiver used in a studio to select or verify the picture being broadcast. b = visual display unit. 4 a person who listens to and reports on foreign broadcasts etc. 5 a detector of radioactive contamination. 6 Zool. any tropical lizard of the genus Varanus, supposed to give warning of the approach of crocodiles. 7 a heavily armed shallow-draught warship. --v.tr. 1 act as a monitor of. 2 maintain regular surveillance over. 3 regulate the strength of (a recorded or transmitted signal). Derivatives monitorial adj. monitorship n. Etymology: L f. monere monit- warn
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I. noun see: mind Date: 1546 1. a student appointed to assist a teacher, one that warns or instructs, one that ~s or is used in ~ing: as, a cathode-ray tube used for display (as of television pictures or computer information), a device for observing a biological condition or function , ~ lizard, 3. Monitor, first ship of the type] a heavily armored warship formerly used in coastal operations having a very low freeboard and one or more revolving gun turrets, a small modern warship with shallow draft for coastal bombardment, a raised central portion of a roof having low windows or louvers for providing light and air, ~ial adjective ~ship noun II. transitive verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 1924 to watch, keep track of, or check usually for a special purpose ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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