(obsolete) One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution.
(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 the several tools successively into position.
The act of listening, carrying out surveillance on, and/or recording of enemy emissions for intelligence purposes.
The act of detecting the presence of signals, such as electromagnetic radiation, sound, or visual signals, and the measurement thereof with appropriate measuring instruments.
The act of detecting the presence of radiation and the measurement thereof with radiation measuring instruments.
(medicine) The continuous observation of a patient's health condition for any changes which may occur over time, using a monitor or measuring device of some sort.
“It is our intention that the monitoring of the patient will be conducted by the physicians who are treating the patients on behalf of the Veterans Administration, not by a third party.”
monitress
(now rare) A female mentor or advisor; a female observer.
“I received a flood of e-mail after I wrote about the joys of dual monitorship.”
“I have come to know these men quite well during the course of this monitorship.”
“Hauck also has extensive investigative, reform and oversight experience that will help clients involved with investigations, examiner and monitorship engagements.”
“For the monitorization of the primary-beam intensity a scattering-foil and a second detector were used.”
“There also exist remote management systems that allow the user to keep an individual remote control and monitorization of every single lamp. ”
“Health Monitor provides a set of recommendations based on the monitorization data collected through the mobile application as well as the similitude among patients.”
“His primary areas of concentration are health care fraud, independent review organizations and monitorships, audit committee investigations, bribery, corruption and kickbacks.”
“Stamboulidis on the monitorships and is currently managing a team of attorneys and forensic specialists on the Bank of New York Mellon monitorship.”
“Ramesh Lal thanked the Prime Minister for the steps taken by the government for the welfare of monitories in Pakistanis.”
“He noted that when the foreign delegations come to visit Iran, they come to realize that the country's religious monitories are living in a friendly atmosphere.”
