closed-circuit

adjective

closed-cir·​cuit ˈklōz(d)-ˈsər-kət How to pronounce closed-circuit (audio)
: used in, shown on, or being a television installation in which the signal is transmitted by wire to a limited number of receivers

Examples of closed-circuit in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Serna had been unstable, walking into walls and collapsing inside her cell throughout her last day — behavior recorded on closed-circuit footage but not witnessed by staff. Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2024 Key Features Of Smart Commercial Buildings Video Surveillance Monitoring and recording activities around and within the buildings can be attained using internet protocol (IP) cameras, video analytics, like object tracking and facial recognition and CCTV (closed-circuit television) systems. Amit Samsukha, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024 Stallings-Brown appeared for her first appearance in Prince George’s County District Court on Monday over closed-circuit video. Dan Morse, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2024 The vast quantity of video — which would require five years of 24-hour-per-day viewing for any single person to watch from beginning to end — and the intricate security configurations of closed-circuit surveillance footage are complicating efforts to upload large chunks of the video. Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2023 In the room was a table on which sat a rectangular closed-circuit track with markings where the robot would be commanded to stop. IEEE Spectrum, 16 Dec. 2023 There were two overflow rooms, but the closed-circuit feed shown in them went no farther—the trial was not televised. Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2023 In 1998, President Bill Clinton gave grand jury testimony over closed-circuit television about his relationship with a White House intern. Adam Liptak, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2023 Workers said managers watch pickers through closed-circuit cameras and monitor their movements. Anna Schecter, NBC News, 10 Oct. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of closed-circuit was in 1949

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“Closed-circuit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/closed-circuit. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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closed-circuit

noun
closed-cir·​cuit
ˈklōz(d)-ˈsər-kət
: a television installation in which the signal is sent by wire to a limited number of receivers
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