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Definition: Warning Device |
Warning DeviceNoun1. A device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | An audible or visual device such as a bell, horn, flasher, etc. used to alert persons to expect robot movement. Source: European Union. (references) |
Medicine | A device which warns about potentially dangerous or undesirable conditions in a plant, ususally activated if the value of a measurement object is changed materially. Source: European Union. (references) |
Post & Telecom | Device emitting a continuous note as a warning of failure or fire. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: Warning DeviceSynonyms: alarm (n), alarm system (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Warning Device |
| English words defined with "warning device": automobile horn ♦ burglar alarm ♦ car horn ♦ foghorn ♦ hooter, horn ♦ motor horn ♦ Siren. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "warning device": hydraulic load cell ♦ warning horn. (references) |
Expressions using "warning device": hazard warning device ♦ stall warning device. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
warning device | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "warning device"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | alarmeringsanordning, advarselsanordning. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | waarschuwingsmiddel, waarschuwingsapparaat, signaalhoorn (clarion, horn, klaxon, warning horn), geluidssignaal (klaxon, warning horn), alarmtoestel (alarm), alarm (alarm, fire alarm). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | varoituslaite, hälytin (alarm). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | dispositif d'alarme, avertisseur (warning horn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Warnvorrichtung, Warnungseinrichtung, Warnhorn (horn, klaxon, warning horn), Warngerät (klaxon, warning horn), Warneinrichtung, Warnapparat (alarm), Alarmgeraet (alarm), Alarmeinrichtung (alarm, alarm equipment), Alarmanlage (alarm system, burglar alarm, security), Alarm (air-raid warning, alarm, alert, fire alarm, tocsin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συσκευή προειδοποίησης (annunciator), συναγερμός (alarm, alert, beaconing, fire alarm), προειδοποιητικός ήχος (klaxon, warning horn), προειδοποιητικός (cautionary, klaxon, warning horn), προειδοποιητική κόρνα (klaxon, warning horn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | jelzõkészülék (indicator), figyelmeztetõ eszköz. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | dispositivo d'allarme (alarm system, howler, warning system). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arningway eviceday dispositivo de aviso (klaxon, warning horn), buzina de alarme (klaxon, warning horn), buzina (honk, hooter, horn, klaxon, warning horn), alarme (alarm, alarum, alert, flutter, panic, scare, warning). (various references) dispositivo de aviso (announcing device), dispositivo de alarma, aparato de aviso, alarma (alarm, alert, fire alarm, hue and cry, scare, warning). (various references) varningsanordning, larmanordning. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-e-g-i-i-n-n-r-v-w" | |
-3 letters: evidencing, grandniece, reinvading, rewidening. | |
-4 letters: careening, caverning, cindering, cravening, deceiving, decerning, deveining, endearing, engrained, grenadine, grievance, indigence, ingrained, inweaving, receiving, reviewing, reweaving, rewinding, vinegared, wandering. | |
-5 letters: acridine, arginine, awninged, caverned, crannied, cravened, davening, deairing, decennia, deriving, deviance, draining, endanger, engraved, enneadic, evincing, indigene, innerved, invading, inweaved, narceine, nidering, nirvanic, ravening, ravining, reaginic, recaning. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)57 61 72 6E 69 6E 67 44 65 76 69 63 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010111 01100001 01110010 01101110 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01000100 01100101 01110110 01101001 01100011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)W a r n i n g   D e v i c e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0057 0061 0072 006E 0069 006E 0067 0044 0065 0076 0069 0063 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)576784807580732387188756971 |
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