monitoring device

Keeps watch electronically

A monitoring device is equipment that tracks, measures, or observes something continuously or at intervals.

Medical monitoring devices check vital signs like heart rate or blood glucose.

Security systems use monitoring devices to detect motion or intrusion.

Baby monitors let parents listen from another room.

The term covers anything from simple sensors to sophisticated surveillance equipment: The patient wore a monitoring device that transmitted data to her doctor.

Related

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Opposites
observation function

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Apparatus enabling invisibility

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information flow

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Broadcasts interference to block signals

scrambler · faraday cage · privacy screen · cloaking device · anonymizer

activity level

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Small heavy desk object

ornament · prop · decoy · brick

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G