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Definition: Alarm System |
Alarm SystemNoun1. A device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Alarm SystemSynonyms: alarm (n), warning device (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Alarm System |
| English words defined with "alarm system": connected. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "alarm system": accidental alarm, aero, ALARM OPERATOR ♦ DISPATCHER, RADIO ♦ fire-alarm dispatcher, FLASH-DRIER OPERATOR ♦ police radio dispatcher ♦ station operator, SUPERVISOR, IDENTIFICATION AND COMMUNICATIONS, SUPERVISOR, PROTECTIVE-SIGNAL OPERATIONS ♦ TELECOMMUNICATOR. (references) |
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Screenplays | I spent the last of my life savings turning my van into a dog. It cost me 200 bucks for the alarm system alone! (Dumb and Dumber; writing credit: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly, and Bennett Yellin.) But the locks don't look impossible, 3, maybe 5 tumblers, but there's no alarm system, and that's the worst, because that means no one's going to get lazy watching, knowing the alarm will pick up their mistakes. (The Hot Rock; writing credit: William Goldman; Donald E. Westlake) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
Consumer Goods | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Steps are being taken in Abu Dhabi to install a modern central alarm system. (references) | |
U.S. market penetration in the alarm system market is estimated at only ten to fifteen percent. (references) | ||
The alarm system must have automatic signaling of codes destined to register robbery and fire calls in the alarm central office. (references) | ||
Economic History | Chile | Currently in Chile, for a monthly fee of approximately US$ 25, an alarm system can be installed in homes that includes maintenance, guarantee, and connection to a surveillance center. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "alarm system"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | alarmsystem, alarmeringsanlaeg. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | alarmsysteem, alarminstallatie, alarminrichting, alarmeringsinstallatie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | hälytyslaitteisto, hälytysjärjestelmä. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tableau de signalisation, système d'alerte, système d'alarme, installation d'alarme, dispositif d'alarme (alarm). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Alarmanlage (burglar alarm, security, warning device). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σύστημα συναγερμού. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sistema d'allarme (warning system), installazione d'allarme, impianto di segnalazione d'allarme, impianto di allarme, dispositivo di allarme (warning device), dispositivo d'allarme (howler, warning device, warning system). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | alarmay ystemsay sistema de alarme (public address system). (various references) alarmni uređaj. (various references) sistema de alarma. (various references) alarmanläggning. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-l-m-m-r-s-s-t-y" | |
-3 letters: almemars, amylases, lamasery, lamsters, malmseys, maltases, masterly, slammers, stammels, stammers, tramless, trammels. | |
-4 letters: almemar, amasser, amylase, armless, armlets, artless, assayer, astrals, astylar, atlases, estrays, lamster, lasters, lemmata, lysates, malates, malmsey, maltase, masters, mastery, matless, matrass, myrtles, rayless, salters, samlets, slammer, slaters, slayers, smartly, stammel, stammer, stayers, stemmas, streams, streamy, stylers, tamales, tarsals. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6C 61 72 6D 53 79 73 74 65 6D |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101100 01100001 01110010 01101101 00100000 01010011 01111001 01110011 01110100 01100101 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A l a r m   S y s t e m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006C 0061 0072 006D 0053 0079 0073 0074 0065 006D |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35786784792539185867179 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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