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Swedish
Etymology
Compound of drift (“operation”) + larm (“alarm”).
Noun
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: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: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.
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