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

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Shasta was no longer the little girl people had seen on a gas station’s closed-circuit TV the day she was rescued. — Lizz Schumer, People.com, 29 July 2025 Existing closed-circuit television cameras are located at the Yorba Linda Boulevard intersections with Imperial Highway and Lakeview Avenue. — Jim Drummond, Oc Register, 17 July 2025 In some states, courts permit the use of videotaped testimony or allow children to testify via closed-circuit television. — Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025 The young child reporter who may have been abused, is the only witness who will be questioned by a child protective case worker and then at a Child Advocacy Center (CAC) and a forensic case worker with law enforcement personnel watching on a closed-circuit screen. — Patricia Fersch, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for closed-circuit

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First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of closed-circuit was in 1949

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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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