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  • verb Present participle of monitor.
  • noun The act of listening, carrying out surveillance on, and/or recording the emissions of one's own or allied forces for the purpose of maintaining and improving procedural standards and security, or for reference, as applicable.
  • noun The act of listening, carrying out surveillance on, and/or recording of enemy emissions for intelligence purposes.
  • noun The act of detecting the presence of signals, such as electromagnetic radiation, sound, or visual signals, and the measurement thereof with appropriate measuring instruments.
  • noun The act of detecting the presence of radiation and the measurement thereof with radiation measuring instruments.

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  • noun the act of observing something (and sometimes keeping a record of it)

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Examples

  • Originally, in English, the definition of the term monitoring was limited to characterizing “someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided”.

    Monitoring 2006

  • If you think the monitoring is all done, you should check out the OCO mission.

    President's Science Advisor Talks About NASA - NASA Watch 2009

  • Such short-term monitoring is not uncommon, but both Louisiana and Pennsylvania have monitored other sites for significantly longer periods — often months — before reaching conclusions.

    States' tests for toxic air near schools called into doubt 2009

  • This monitoring is aimed at helping geologists understand the inner workings of volcanoes as well as providing warnings of impending eruptions, in the United States and in active areas around the world where U.S. military bases are located, such as the Philippines.

    Matthew Yglesias » The Case for Volcano Monitoring 2009

  • "That does not lend itself to long-term monitoring, which is what you need if you want to study things like climate change," he told BBC News.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • Indeed, with regard to several of our CAP taxpayers that have been in the program for a number of years, we will be moving them to what we refer to as a monitoring program, where we address and resolve issues with a taxpayer as they arise.

    Media Newswire 2010

  • Indeed, with regard to several of our CAP taxpayers that have been in the program for a number of years, we will be moving them to what we refer to as a monitoring program, where we address and resolve issues with a taxpayer as they arise.

    NewsBlaze.com Current News - Top Stories 2010

  • Indeed, with regard to several of our CAP taxpayers that have been in the program for a number of years, we will be moving them to what we refer to as a monitoring program, where we address and resolve issues with a taxpayer as they arise.

    Media Newswire 2010

  • 8 The term "monitoring" in this context references the collection, filtering and rules infrastructure that lives in subsystems that are typically not integrated with the application logic.

    Site Home Dan Rogers 2011

  • Shot with a mini-DV, the film questions whether this kind of monitoring is justified and healthy.

    The Great Indian School Show 2005

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