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Etymology

From Latin monitor (“warner”), from perfect passive participle monitus (“warning”), from verb monere (“to warn, admonish, remind”). Warship sense is from USS Monitor, the first ship of this type.

derived from monitor — “warner”

Definitions

1
Someone who watches over something
Someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone.
- The camp monitors look after the children during the night, when the teachers are asleep.
- And oft, mild friend, to me thou art A monitor, though still; Thou speak'st a lesson to my heart, Beyond the preacher's skill.
A device that detects and informs on the presence, quantity, etc., of something.
3
A device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output…
A device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output from a computer.
- The information flashed up on the monitor.
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1. A studio monitor or loudspeaker.
2. 5
  A program for viewing and editing.
  - a machine code monitor
3. The command line interface of an operating system.
4. 7
  A student leader in a class.
  - But it was not so—at least, not always—for though they fell out among themselves, they united their forces against the common enemy—the monitors!
  - He learned that a monitor should assist the teachers in distributing worksheets, maintaining class discipline, helping classmates in need and so on.
5. A relatively small armored warship with only one or two turrets (but often carrying…
  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.
6. A monitor lizard (Varanus spp. and extinct relatives in family Varanidae).
7. A tool holder, as for a lathe, shaped like a low turret, and capable of being revolved on…
  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.
8. A monitor nozzle.
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  One who admonishes
  One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution.
  - c. 1620, Francis Bacon, letter of advice to Sir George Villiers You need not be a monitor to your gracious master the king.
  - There has been no lack of other monitors — a ticklish haysel, a flooded harvest all through the north […]
10. An ironclad.
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  To watch over
  To watch over; to guard.
  - Monitoring refers to keeping a watch over patients to ensure that they are practising what they have learnt about disability prevention correctly.
  - During July 1989-February 1990 ambient SO₂, was monitored using a mobile station in the residential-commercial neighborhood of Copacabana.
12. Any of several publications e.g. the "Christian Science Monitor".
13. A text of works or instruction which are not secret and may be written e.g. "Indiana…
  A text of works or instruction which are not secret and may be written e.g. "Indiana Monitor and Freemasons' Guide".
14. The USS Monitor, the first ironclad warship of its type.

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Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at monitor. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at monitor. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at monitor

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

Etymology

Definitions

The neighborhood

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Vish — recursive loop