SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does surveillance system mean? 

• SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM has 1 sense:

1. a closed-circuit television system used to maintain close observation of a person or group

  Familiarity information: SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A closed-circuit television system used to maintain close observation of a person or group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("surveillance system" is a kind of...):

closed-circuit television (a television system that is not used for broadcasting but is connected by cables to designated monitors (as in a factory or theater))

 Context examples 

The researchers have determined that the molecule generates a tumor immune surveillance system through activation of what are known as CD4+ T cells and innate NK cells, thereby protecting the mice against various cancer types they have never had.

(Immune Stimulant Molecule Protects against Cancer Development, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)