Associations to the word «Monitoring»

Wiktionary

MONITORING, verb. Present participle of monitor
MONITORING, 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.
MONITORING, noun. The act of listening, carrying out surveillance on, and/or recording of enemy emissions for intelligence purposes.
MONITORING, 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.
MONITORING, noun. The act of detecting the presence of radiation and the measurement thereof with radiation measuring instruments.
MONITORING, noun. (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.

Dictionary definition

MONITORING, noun. The act of observing something (and sometimes keeping a record of it); "the monitoring of enemy communications plays an important role in war times".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats