surveillance system
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3.9
- noun
- /sɜrˈveɪləns ˈsɪstəm/
- Specialized
:
sistema de vigilancia
- The surveillance system includes multiple cameras that monitor the parking lot at all hours.
- a national surveillance system
- a video surveillance system
- an electronic surveillance system
So I guess it's OK to tell you guys this, but my home video surveillance system is horrible.
- So I guess it's OK to tell you guys this, but my home video surveillance system is horrible.
- So this passive surveillance system that we know is not useful to to track a real harm in real time.
- Now, the good of a surveillance system, if it's operating within ethical bounds, is that yes, it could protect the populace.
Examples
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Our top-of-the-line, state-of-the-art camera surveillance system... will be picking up anyone who tries to sneak out.
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So I guess it's OK to tell you guys this, but my home video surveillance system is horrible.
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Then we'll work on the surveillance system.
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Well, the good news is... we know the emergency and surveillance system work.
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And you wanna do all of this in a building with the most advanced security and surveillance system in the world.
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We get to the top floor, we access their satellite surveillance system.
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Looks like Dean Gordon installed that new surveillance system just in time.
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They have a surveillance system that was built to fail.
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Canada has just launched a satellite surveillance system designed to search for ships trespassing in its waters.
Academic text (2008) -
Bangladesh has an effective surveillance system in place for the detection of emerging infectious diseases.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
A set of cameras and screens used to watch a place for security
How Extensive
9
4.0
- Specialized
13
3.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a system for monitoring or observation' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'surveillance' (ongoing observation) with 'system' (a set of interacting components). This noun-noun composition follows common, cross-linguistic patterns (modifier + head) and would be predictable to a learner who already knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Surveillance system comes from the words surveillance, which means 'watching', and system, which means a group of tools. Imagine many cameras acting like a ring of eyes around a building, and that's why the phrase means a set of devices used 'to monitor' people or places for safety.