driftlarm
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Compound of drift (“operation”) + larm (“alarm”).
Noun edit
driftlarm n
- An alarm that warns when something threatens to stop, or has stopped, the operation of a machine or facility. (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
- 2017 July 8, Peter Bressler, “Ny larmcentral gör Kalmar tryggare [New alarm center makes Kalmar safer]”, in Sveriges Radio P4[1]:
- Hit kommer olika driftlarm att kopplas, från bland annat hissar, övervakningskameror från skolor, trygghetslarm, överfallslarm automatiska brandlarmo ch så vidare
- Various operation alarms will be connected here, from, among other things, lifts, surveillance cameras from schools, security alarms, burglar alarms, automatic fire alarms and so on.
- 1975 April 15, Borås Tidning[2]:
- Kommunala driftlarm kan också anslutas till larmcentralerna, t ex från vattenverk, elverk och reningsverk.
- Municipal operational alarms can also be connected to the alarm centers, for example from waterworks, electricity plants and sewage treatment plants.
Declension edit
| Declension of driftlarm | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | driftlarm | driftlarmet | driftlarm | driftlarmen |
| Genitive | driftlarms | driftlarmets | driftlarms | driftlarmens |