Definition of closed-circuit television in English:
closed-circuit television
(also CCTV)
nounˌkləʊzdˌsəːkɪt ˈtɛlɪvɪʒ(ə)nˌkloʊzdˌsərkət ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən
mass nounA television system in which video signals are transmitted from one or more cameras by cable to a set of monitors, used especially for security purposes.
Example sentencesExamples
- The improvements will include new closed-circuit television cameras and waiting rooms.
- During a standard review of the week's closed-circuit television security tapes, security guards notice what appears to be an employee escorting an unknown individual into the building several nights in a row.
- One such protective measure is closed-circuit television, in which a live television link enables child witnesses to testify in a room outside the courtroom.
- The patient will be alone in a shielded treatment room, but the therapist is in continuous contact through closed-circuit television and a two-way intercom system.
- In one experiment, mothers and babies were in separate rooms but able to see and hear each other via closed-circuit television.
- I think there is enough evidence from the eye witnesses and closed-circuit television footage to enable us to do that.
- Both internal and external approaches to the gate are covered by closed-circuit television cameras, and an automated number-plate recognition system is in place and will go ‘live’ shortly.
- She said the crocodile was being monitored by closed-circuit television cameras and that footage would be displayed on television monitors so visitors to the farm could see what it was doing.
- A council spokesman confirmed that the closed-circuit television security system failed to record anything.
- Police installed closed-circuit television cameras throughout the area three years ago in ‘Operation Safe City’.
- The three-way system is linked to closed-circuit television camera operators and the police to keep tabs on offenders' movements.
- All three were recorded on video tape by closed-circuit television systems.
Synonyms
detector, scanner, recorder
Definition of closed-circuit television in US English:
closed-circuit television
(also CCTV)
nounˌklōzdˌsərkət ˈteləˌviZHənˌkloʊzdˌsərkət ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən
A television system in which the video signals are transmitted from one or more cameras by cable to a restricted set of monitors.
Example sentencesExamples
- Both internal and external approaches to the gate are covered by closed-circuit television cameras, and an automated number-plate recognition system is in place and will go ‘live’ shortly.
- I think there is enough evidence from the eye witnesses and closed-circuit television footage to enable us to do that.
- The three-way system is linked to closed-circuit television camera operators and the police to keep tabs on offenders' movements.
- All three were recorded on video tape by closed-circuit television systems.
- She said the crocodile was being monitored by closed-circuit television cameras and that footage would be displayed on television monitors so visitors to the farm could see what it was doing.
- During a standard review of the week's closed-circuit television security tapes, security guards notice what appears to be an employee escorting an unknown individual into the building several nights in a row.
- One such protective measure is closed-circuit television, in which a live television link enables child witnesses to testify in a room outside the courtroom.
- The improvements will include new closed-circuit television cameras and waiting rooms.
- A council spokesman confirmed that the closed-circuit television security system failed to record anything.
- Police installed closed-circuit television cameras throughout the area three years ago in ‘Operation Safe City’.
- The patient will be alone in a shielded treatment room, but the therapist is in continuous contact through closed-circuit television and a two-way intercom system.
- In one experiment, mothers and babies were in separate rooms but able to see and hear each other via closed-circuit television.
Synonyms
detector, scanner, recorder