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CCTV

noun CCTVs

  1. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of closed-circuit television; video surveillance. 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.

proper noun

  1. China, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of China Central Television

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Closest in meaning: television, tcf, cameras, surveillance, camaras, camras, pabx, videocam, camera, maidstone, videocameras, swann, videocamera, security, catv, colchester

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noun closed circuit television

Españolcircuito cerrado de televisión
中文閉路電視 /闭路电视 bìlù diànshì
हिन्दीबंद परिपथ दूरदर्शन band paripath dūrdarśan
Françaisvidéosurveillance
DeutschVideoüberwachung, Überwachungskamera
Русскийвидеонаблюде́ние videonabljudénije

name China Central Television

日本語中国中央電視台 Chūgoku Chūō Denshidai, 中国中央テレビジョン Chūgoku Chūō Terebijon
中文中國中央電視臺 /中国中央电视台 Zhōngguó Zhōngyāng Diànshìtái, 央視 /央视 Yāngshì
FrançaisCCTV

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@misc{cctv_2026,
  title = {CCTV},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cctv},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}