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Term of the Road Dictionary

alarm

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / English
  • Theme : Structures Tunnels
  • Definition : Action of transmitting the occurrence of an event to a receiver (tunnel operator). Note: it can be human (a user with an emergency call telephone) or depend on an initiating device or system (CO level alarm, automatic incident detection alarm …).

Alarm

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / German
  • Theme : Kunstbauten (syn. Ingenieurbauwerke DE; syn.Ingenierubau AT) Tunnel
  • Definition : Meldung des Eintretens eines Vorfalles an eine Empfangsstation. Anmerkung: Dies kann ein Mensch sein (ein Benutzer/eine Benutzerin mit einem Notfalltelefon) oder von einem Alarm auslösenden Gerät oder System ausgehen (CO-Level-Alarm; ein sich automatisch auslösender Alarm...).