Control vs. Monitor
Controlverb
(transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
Controlverb
(construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated.
Controlnoun
Influence or authority over something.
Controlnoun
A separate group or subject in an experiment against which the results are compared where the primary variable is low or non-existent.
Controlnoun
The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
Controlnoun
Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
Controlnoun
A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.
Controlnoun
(project management) A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan.
Controlnoun
A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
Controlnoun
(graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box.
Controlnoun
(climatology) Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution of land and water, altitude, exposure, prevailing winds, permanent high- or low-barometric-pressure areas, ocean currents, mountain barriers, soil, and vegetation.
Controlnoun
(linguistics) A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an expression in context. See control.
Controlnoun
A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.
Controlnoun
That which serves to check, restrain, or hinder; restraint.
Controlnoun
Power or authority to check or restrain; restraining or regulating influence; superintendence; government; as, children should be under parental control.
Controlnoun
The complete apparatus used to control a mechanism or machine in operation, as a flying machine in flight;
Controlnoun
Any of the physical factors determining the climate of any particular place, as latitude,distribution of land and water, altitude, exposure, prevailing winds, permanent high- or low-barometric-pressure areas, ocean currents, mountain barriers, soil, and vegetation.
Controlnoun
in research, an object or subject used in an experimental procedure, which is treated identically to the primary subject of the experiment, except for the omission of the specific treatment or conditions whose effect is being investigated. If the control is a group of living organisms, as is common in medical research, it is called the control group.
Controlnoun
the part of an experimental procedure in which the controls{6} are subjected to the experimental conditions.
Controlnoun
the group of technical specialists exercising control by remote communications over a distant operation, such as a space flight; as, the American Mission Control for manned flights is located in Houston.
Controlverb
To check by a counter register or duplicate account; to prove by counter statements; to confute.
Controlverb
To exercise restraining or governing influence over; to check; to counteract; to restrain; to regulate; to govern; to overpower.
Controlverb
to assure the validity of an experimental procedure by using a control{7}.
Controlnoun
power to direct or determine;
Controlnoun
a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another;
Controlnoun
(physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc;
Controlnoun
a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment;
Controlnoun
the activity of managing or exerting control over something;
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the state that exists when one person or group has power over another;
Controlnoun
discipline in personal and social activities;
Controlnoun
great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity;
Controlnoun
the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.;
Controlnoun
a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine;
Controlnoun
a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance
Controlverb
exercise authoritative control or power over;
Controlverb
lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits;
Controlverb
handle and cause to function;
Controlverb
control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage;
Controlverb
verify or regulate by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard, of scientific experiments;
Controlverb
verify by using a duplicate register for comparison;
Controlverb
be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something;
Controlverb
have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of;
Controlnoun
the power to influence or direct people's behaviour or the course of events
Controlnoun
the ability to manage a machine, vehicle, or other moving object
Controlnoun
the restriction of an activity, tendency, or phenomenon
Controlnoun
the ability to restrain one's own emotions or actions
Controlnoun
a means of limiting or regulating something
Controlnoun
a switch or other device by which a device or vehicle is regulated
Controlnoun
the place from which a system or activity is directed or where a particular item is verified
Controlnoun
short for control key
Controlnoun
a person or thing used as a standard of comparison for checking the results of a survey or experiment
Controlnoun
a member of an intelligence organization who personally directs the activities of a spy
Controlnoun
a high card that will prevent the opponents from establishing a particular suit
Controlverb
determine the behaviour or supervise the running of
Controlverb
maintain influence or authority over
Controlverb
limit the level, intensity, or numbers of
Controlverb
remain calm and reasonable despite provocation
Controlverb
regulate (a mechanical or scientific process)
Controlverb
take into account (an extraneous factor that might affect the results of an experiment)
Monitornoun
Someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone.
Monitornoun
A device that detects and informs on the presence, quantity, etc., of something.
Monitornoun
(computing) A device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output from a computer.
Monitornoun
A studio monitor or loudspeaker.
Monitornoun
(computing) A program for viewing and editing.
Monitornoun
A student leader in a class.
Monitornoun
(nautical) One of a class of relatively small armored warships designed for shore bombardment or riverine warfare rather than combat with other ships.
Monitornoun
(archaic) An ironclad.
Monitornoun
A monitor lizard.
Monitornoun
(obsolete) One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution.
Monitornoun
(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.
Monitornoun
A monitor nozzle.
Monitorverb
(transitive) To watch over; to guard.
Monitornoun
One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution.
Monitornoun
Hence, specifically, a pupil selected to look to the school in the absence of the instructor, to notice the absence or faults of the scholars, or to instruct a division or class.
Monitornoun
Any large Old World lizard of the genus Varanus; esp., the Egyptian species (Varanus Niloticus), which is useful because it devours the eggs and young of the crocodile. It is sometimes five or six feet long.
Monitornoun
An ironclad war vessel, very low in the water, and having one or more heavily-armored revolving turrets, carrying heavy guns.
Monitornoun
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 successively the several tools in holds into proper position for cutting.
Monitornoun
A monitor nozzle.
Monitornoun
display consisting of a device that takes signals from a computer and displays them on a CRT screen
Monitornoun
someone who supervises (an examination)
Monitornoun
someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided
Monitornoun
an iron-clad vessel built by Federal forces to do battle with the Merrimac
Monitornoun
electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or content of electronic transmissions
Monitornoun
a piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble
Monitornoun
any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles
Monitorverb
keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance
