Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. surveillance(noun)

   close observation of a person or group (usually by the police)

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. surveillance(Noun)

   Close observation of an individual or group; person or persons under suspicion

2. surveillance(Noun)

   Continuous monitoring of disease occurrence for example

3. surveillance(Noun)

   Systematic observation of places and people by visual, aural, electronic, photographic or other means.

4. surveillance(Noun)

   In criminal law, an investigation process by which police gather evidence about crimes, or suspected crime, through continued observation of persons or places.

Webster Dictionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Surveillance(noun)

   oversight; watch; inspection; supervision

Origin: [F., fr. surveiller to watch over; sur over + veiller to watch, L. vigilare. See Sur-, and Vigil.]

Freebase(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Surveillance

   Surveillance is the monitoring of the behavior, activities, or other changing information, usually of people for the purpose of influencing, managing, directing, or protecting. Surveillance can be the observation of individuals or groups by government organizations but can also relate to disease surveillance, which monitors the progress of a disease in a community while not directly observing individuals. The word surveillance is the French word for "watching over"; "sur" means "from above" and "veiller" means "to watch". The inverse of surveillance is sousveillance. The word surveillance may be applied to observation from a distance by means of electronic equipment, or interception of electronically transmitted information. It may also refer to simple, relatively no- or low-technology methods such as human intelligence agents and postal interception. Surveillance is very useful to governments and law enforcement to maintain social control, recognize and monitor threats, and prevent/investigate criminal activity. With the advent of programs such as the Total Information Awareness program and ADVISE, technologies such as high speed surveillance computers and biometrics software, and laws such as the Communications Assistance For Law Enforcement Act, governments now possess an unprecedented ability to monitor the activities of their subjects.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Surveillance

   sur-vel′yans, n. a being vigilant or watchful: inspection.—adj. Surveill′ant. [Fr.,—surveiller—sur, over—L. super, veiller, to watch—L. vigilāre.]

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. surveillance

   The systematic observation of aerospace, surface, or subsurface areas, places, persons, or things, by visual, aural, electronic, photographic, or other means. See also air surveillance; satellite and missile surveillance; sea surveillance.

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of surveillance in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of surveillance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

1. Supriya Mehta:

   If this works, it could revolutionize STD surveillance.

2. Citizen Lab:

   It's either shoddy design or it's surveillance by design.

3. Donald Trump:

   I want surveillance of these people and of certain mosques.

4. White House:

   I was answering a question about surveillance techniques generally.

5. Kendra Viner:

   Then it’s also improving surveillance across the board of this disease.

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