Seeing vs Surveillance - What's the difference?
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, title= Having vision; not blind.
The action of the verb to see ; eyesight.
* 2004 , Timothy D. J. Chappell, Reading Plato's Theaetetus (page 73)
(astronomy) The movement or distortion of a telescopic image as a result of turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere.
(slang) Inasmuch as; in view of the fact that.
Close observation of an individual or group; person or persons under suspicion.
Continuous monitoring of disease occurrence for example.
(military, espionage) Systematic observation of places and people by visual, aural, electronic, photographic or other means.
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(legal) In criminal law, an investigation process by which police gather evidence about crimes, or suspected crime, through continued observation of persons or places.
Seeing is a related term of surveillance.
As nouns the difference between seeing and surveillance
is that seeing is the action of the verb to see ; eyesight while surveillance is close observation of an individual or group; person or persons under suspicion.As a verb seeing
is .As an adjective seeing
is having vision; not blind.As a conjunction seeing
is (slang) inasmuch as; in view of the fact that.seeing
English
Etymology 1
Verb
(head)Our banks are out of control, passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around.}}
Derived terms
* all-seeing * seeing to * seeing-eye dogAdjective
(-)Synonyms
* sightedNoun
- To such perceivings we give names like these: seeings , hearings, smellings, chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires
Etymology 2
Probably an elision of "seeing that" or "seeing as".Conjunction
(English Conjunctions)- Seeing the boss wasn't around, we took it easy.
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*surveillance
English
(wikipedia surveillance)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=The threat of terrorism to the British lies in the overreaction to it of British governments. Each one in turn clicks up the ratchet of surveillance , intrusion and security. Each one diminishes liberty.}}