Difference between revisions of "Siren"

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A sound signal emitter using the periodic escape of compressed air through a rotary shutter.
a deep sounding warning in which the sound is produced by the passage of air across slits or holes in a rotating disc, in which the membrane is activated electrically


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Latest revision as of 17:08, 7 February 2024

3-2-070

a deep sounding warning in which the sound is produced by the passage of air across slits or holes in a rotating disc, in which the membrane is activated electrically




Please note that this is the term as it stands in the original IALA Dictionary edition (1970-1989)