monitoring

The carrying out of surveillance on, or continuous or regular observation of, an environment or people in order to detect signals, movements or changes of state or quality.

Noun

  1. The carrying out of surveillance on, or continuous or regular observation of, an environment or people in order to detect signals, movements or changes of state or quality.
    • NR is already 'on the case' here - its man in Inverness was trained some time ago (at his request, incidentally - good man!) in drone monitoring, which enables much longer aerial patrols than are possible on foot. -...

Origin

Etymology tree English monitor English -ing English monitoring From monitor + -ing.

Forms

monitorings

Derived

biomonitoring immunomonitoring neuromonitoring pilot monitoring radio monitoring seromonitoring xenomonitoring

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of monitor