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Meaning of buzzer in English
(Definition of buzzer from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
buzzer | American Dictionary
Examples of buzzer
buzzer
For the clapper and coil pair in the buzzer example, either alternative lifting and releasing function, or remaining in the released state is deducible.
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A small red light and buzzer mounted above the centre of the screen were used to centre infants' attention between trials.
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In order to stop the buzzer they had to move their eyes to the left.
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Finally, the controller can drive a buzzer to generate signals during operation and in error conditions.
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In fact, it is possible to induce terrors by external stimulation, such as sounding a buzzer.
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The light and buzzer were used to attract infants' attention between trials when necessary.
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A red light and buzzer mounted between the monitors were used to centre infants' attention between trials.
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A buzzer sounded when they had not looked to the left for fifteen seconds.
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After a sufficient number of repeated associations that linkage is strong enough to set off a salivary reflex to buzzer or light or shock, on the condition that feeding follows.
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If feeding was regularly preceded by some "indifferent stimulus," such as a buzzer or a light or an electric shock, the dog would learn to salivate at that signal.
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Suppose she has kept her arm submerged for more than four minutes when the buzzer sounds.
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Here the pilots have noted that they are approaching their assigned altitude, and the altitude progress was confirmed by an altitude alert buzzer (there are also alert lights).
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I saw elderly joiners running to work with doors on their shoulders when the buzzer went so that they might fulfil their quotas.
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Hansard archive
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I found that what in fact drivers did was to pull out the seat belt and then sit on it, which stops the buzzer sounding.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
Audible door buzzers have been installed on new central line trains.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
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ブザー…
zil, vibratör…
interphone [masculine], timbre, sonnerie…
timbre…
zoemer…
bzučák…
summer…
bel listrik…
กริ่ง…
còi…
brzęczyk, dzwonek…
summer, ringklocka…
pembaz…
der Summer…
summer [masculine], summer…
버저…
гудок…
pulsante sonoro, segnale acustico…
