(n) a summons issued after the filing of a libel or claim directing all parties concerned to show cause why the judgment asked for should not be granted, Syn. process of monition

monitor

(n) an ironclad vessel built by Federal forces to do battle with the Merrimac

monitor

(n) display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor, Syn. monitoring device

monitor

(n) electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or content of electronic transmissions

monitor

(n) a piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble

monitor

(n) any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles, Syn. varan, monitor lizard

monitor

(v) keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance, Syn. supervise, Example:we are monitoring the air quality; the police monitor the suspect's moves

monitor

(v) check, track, or observe by means of a receiver

monitoring

(n) the act of observing something (and sometimes keeping a record of it), Example:the monitoring of enemy communications plays an important role in war times

monitor program

(n) a program that observes and regulates and controls or verifies the operations of a data-processing system, Syn. monitoring program

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Monition

n. [ F., fr. L. monitio, from monere to warn, bring to mind; akin to E. mind. See Mind, and cf. Admonish, Money, Monster. ] 1. Instruction or advice given by way of caution; an admonition; a warning; a caution. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sage monitions from his friends. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Information; indication; notice; advice. [ 1913 Webster ]

We have no visible monition of . . . other periods, such as we have of the day by successive light and darkness. Holder. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Admiralty Practice) A process in the nature of a summons to appear and answer. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Eccl. Law) An order monishing a party complained against to obey under pain of the law. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Monitive

a. Conveying admonition; admonitory. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Monitor

n. [ L., fr. monere. See Monition, and cf. Mentor. ] 1. One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution. [ 1913 Webster ]

You need not be a monitor to the king. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) Any large Old World lizard of the genus Varanus; esp., the Egyptian species (Varanus Niloticus), which is useful because it devours the eggs and young of the crocodile. It is sometimes five or six feet long. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (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. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A monitor nozzle. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Monitor top, the raised central portion, or clearstory, of a car roof, having low windows along its sides. [ 1913 Webster ]

Monitorial

a. 1. Of or pertaining to a monitor or monitors. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Done or performed by a monitor; as, monitorial work; conducted or taught by monitors; as, a monitorial school; monitorial instruction. [ 1913 Webster ]

Monitorially

adv. In a monitorial manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

Monitor nozzle

. A nozzle capable of turning completely round in a horizontal plane and having a limited play in a vertical plane, used in hydraulic mining, fire-extinguishing apparatus, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Monitorship

n. The post or office of a monitor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Monitory

a. [ L. monitorius. ] Giving admonition; instructing by way of caution; warning. [ 1913 Webster ]

Losses, miscarriages, and disappointments, are monitory and instructive. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

Monitory

n. Admonition; warning; especially, a monition proceeding from an ecclesiastical court, but not addressed to any one person. [ 1913 Webster ]

Monitrix

{ } n. A female monitor. [ 1913 Webster ]

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

Monitor { m } | Monitore { pl }

monitor | monitors

Monitoring { f }; Überwachung { f }

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