driftlarm

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of drift (“operation”) +‎ larm (“alarm”).

Noun

driftlarm n

1. A fault alarm, an operational alarm; an alarm that indicate a (potential) fault within a machine or system (sometimes resulting in automated inactivation of that equipment).

   Driftlarm: Hög temperatur!

   Fault alarm: High temperature!

   • 1975 April 15, Borås Tidning‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 2017 July 8, Peter Bressler, “Ny larmcentral gör Kalmar tryggare [New alarm center makes Kalmar safer]”, in Sveriges Radio P4‎^[2]:

     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.

   • 2018 May 25, “Ljusne: Brand på pelletsfabrik [Ljusne: Fire at pellet factory]”, in Xnytt‎^[3], archived from the original on 30 November 2024:

     Personal på plats hade uppmärksammat en brand i en spånelevator i samband med att ett driftlarm utlöstes.

     Staff on site had spotted a fire in a chip elevator after a fault alarm was triggered.

Declension

Declension of driftlarm

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	driftlarm	driftlarms
	definite	driftlarmet	driftlarmets
plural	indefinite	driftlarm	driftlarms
	definite	driftlarmen	driftlarmens