CCTV en · NOUN
Meanings
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(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of closed-circuit television; video surveillance.
alt of closed-circuit television
“I think it’s fair to anticipate that the use of CCTV and facial recognition technology in Hong Kong will begin to look a lot like those in mainland China over time,” she said.
2024 October 5, Jessie Yeung, “Hong Kong plans to install thousands of surveillance cameras. Critics say it’s more proof the city is moving closer to China”, in CNN:There is CCTV in the coach, so anyone planning to pilfer a flapjack may well be seen!
2019 October 23, Pip Dunn, “The next king of Scotland”, in Rail, page 52:Two months later Devon walked into Khandi’s Gem Express and Jewellery on the high road, with a kid from south Kilburn, Curtis Ainger, and a gun. Smile, you’re on CCTV. Nineteen when he went in. Twenty-three, this summer.
2012, Zadie Smith, NW, London: Penguin Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 165:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CCTVs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (22)
nb kameraovervåkning (closed circuit television) · pl telewizja obserwacyjna (closed circuit television) · pl telewizja przemysłowa (closed circuit television) · da overvågningskamera (closed circuit television) · hu térfigyelő kamera (closed circuit television) · ru видеонаблюде́ние (closed circuit television) · de Überwachungskamera (closed circuit television) · pl wideonadzór (closed circuit television) · cmn 閉路電視 /闭路电视 (closed circuit television) · tr MOBESE (closed circuit television) · hu kamerás megfigyelőrendszer (closed circuit television) · cy TCC (closed circuit television) · da tv-overvågning (closed circuit television) · de Videoüberwachung (closed circuit television) · pl monitoring (closed circuit television) · hi बंद परिपथ दूरदर्शन (closed circuit television) · da videoovervågning (closed circuit television) · es circuito cerrado de televisión (closed circuit television) · tr kapalı devre televizyon (closed circuit television) · fi kameravalvonta (closed circuit television) · nb kameraovervåking (closed circuit television) · fr vidéosurveillance (closed circuit television)