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CCTV

CCTV is the initialism of closed-circuit television.

CCTV is the initialism of China Central Television.

Meaning of closed-circuit television

Noun

closed-circuit television (countable and uncountable, plural closed-circuit televisions)

  1. A system of television cameras used for surveillance, connected to a control room (originally by cables and today either by cables or by secure wireless).
    • Holborn Underground Station, on London Transport's Piccadilly and Central Lines, has been equipped with closed-circuit television to help control passenger movement.1963 January, “News and comment”, in Modern Railways, page 14
    Synonyms:
    CCTV

Forms of CCTV

pluralCCTVs

Words formed from CCTV

Phrases with CCTV

Questions about CCTV

What is CCTV the initialism of?
CCTV is the initialism of closed-circuit television.

Words near CCTV in the dictionary

  1. CCSs
  2. CCT
  3. CCTA
  4. ccTLD
  5. ccTLDs
  6. CCTV
  7. CCTV camera
  8. CCTV cameras
  9. CCTVs
  10. CCU
  11. CCUS

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Adapted from Wiktionary: CCTV (page history and authors); closed-circuit television (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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