SINCE 1828
charge-coupled device
noun
charge-cou·pled device
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Definition of charge-coupled device
: a semiconductor device that is used especially as an optical sensor and that stores charge and transfers it sequentially to an amplifier and detector
— called also CCD, charged coupled device
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