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CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A television system that is not used for broadcasting but is connected by cables to designated monitors (as in a factory or theater)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("closed-circuit television" is a kind of...):
television; television system (a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points)
Domain category:
factory; manufactory; manufacturing plant; mill (a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing)
dramatic art; dramatics; dramaturgy; theater; theatre (the art of writing and producing plays)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "closed-circuit television"):
surveillance system (a closed-circuit television system used to maintain close observation of a person or group)
