closed circuit

1. An electric circuit providing an uninterrupted, endless path for the flow of current.

2. A television transmission circuit with a limited number of reception stations and no broadcast facilities.

closed′-cir′cuit adj.

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Adj.

closed-circuit - relating to or consisting of a closed circuit; "closed-circuit television"

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closed-circuit

[ˈkləʊzdˌsɜːkɪt] CPD closed-circuit television N → televisión f circuito cerrado

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Summary: Purulia (West Bengal) [India], Nov 29 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has asked the state police to install closed-circuit television (CCTVs) cameras along the state's border with Jharkhand in a bid to check untoward incidents and prevent the entry of alleged miscreants.

Mamata orders installation of CCTVs, watchtowers along WB-Jharkhand border

A closed-circuit camera footage of the upskirt incident in a prominent shopping mall near Sri Hartamas has gone viral on social media.

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ISLAMABAD -- Closed-circuit television cameras (CCTV) would be installed at all sensitive polling stations across the country.

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Meanwhile, the city police officer (CPO) has ordered immediate arrest of the person who is at large since the incident.The unidentified assailant caught on closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera, in the footage, can be seen holding guns in both hands and firing shots at random.

Residents petrified as burqa-wearing assailant goes unchained in Faisalabad

SARGODHA -- A survey has been launched for installation of closed-circuit television cameras (CCTV) at different places of the city for surveillance and maintainance of law and order situation.

Over 2,000 CCTV cameras being installed in city

(MB File) Senior Superintendent Rolando Miranda, Baguio City Police officer-in-charge, shows Baguio City Mayor Mauricio Domogan (middle) the monitoring of traffic and crime through 19 closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras headed by its General Manager Gerardo Verzosa (right).

DOJ backs bill requiring establishments to have CCTV cameras

And on Wednesday, April 10, the Litherland Circuit League starts its 20-week closed-circuit racing programme at Litherland's Sports Park.

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MANILA -- A housewife was shot dead Friday afternoon inside her home in Quezon City by robbers who made off with a laptop computer, a closed-circuit TV recorder and P600 in cash, police said.

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