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charge coupled device

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charge-cou⋅pled device

[chahrj-kuhp-uhld]
–noun Electronics.
a semiconductor chip with a grid of light-sensitive elements, used for converting light images, as in a television camera, into electrical signals. Abbreviation: CCD

Origin:
1970–75
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charge-coupled device  
A device made up of semiconductors arranged in such a way that the electric charge output of one semiconductor charges an adjacent one.
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