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charge-coupled device

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A device for the movement of electrical charge, usually from within the device to an area where the charge can be manipulated, for example by conversion into a digital value.

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  • Chinese Mandarin: 感光耦合元件 — device for the movement of electrical charge
  • Esperanto: ŝargkuplita aparato — device for the movement of electrical charge
  • Finnish: varauskytketty piiri — device for the movement of electrical charge
  • Finnish: CCD — device for the movement of electrical charge
  • French: dispositif à couplage de charge — device for the movement of electrical charge
  • Hungarian: CCD — device for the movement of electrical charge
  • Hungarian: töltéscsatolt eszköz — device for the movement of electrical charge
  • Japanese: CCDイメージセンサ — device for the movement of electrical charge
  • Russian: ПЗС (PZS) — device for the movement of electrical charge
  • Russian: прибо́р с заря́довой свя́зью (pribór s zarjádovoj svjázʹju) — device for the movement of electrical charge
  • Xibe: ᠰᡟᡞ ᠰᡟᡞ ᡩᡞ (syi syi di) — device for the movement of electrical charge