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SIGNAL CIRCUIT [1 record]

Record 1 2018-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Wiring (Building Elements)
  • Electrical Circuits and Circuit Breakers
DEF

Any electrical circuit, other than a communication circuit, which supplies energy to a device which gives a recognizable signal, such as circuits for doorbells, buzzers, code-calling systems, signal lights, and the like.

OBS

signal circuit: term standardized by Canadian Standards Association (CSA) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE); definition standardized by CSA.

OBS

signal circuit: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations électriques (Éléments du bâtiment)
  • Circuits électriques et coupe-circuits
DEF

Circuit, autre qu'un circuit de télécommunications, fournissant du courant à un dispositif qui donne un signal facile à reconnaître. Ces circuits comprennent les sonneries, les ronfleurs, les systèmes d'appel, les signaux lumineux et autre du même genre.

OBS

circuit de signalisation : terme et définition normalisés par la CSA.

OBS

circuit de signalisation : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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