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Discover LudwigThe phrase "alarm activating" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are describing the process of an alarm being triggered or set into action.
Example: "Upon detecting motion, the alarm activating mechanism was triggered, alerting the security team."
Alternatives: "alarm triggering" or "alarm engagement".
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One person with dementia no longer went into her kitchen after dark because the continual triggering of her telecare system's door exit alarm, activating when near the external kitchen door, frightened her.
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A sprinker and smoke alarm activated, but Mr. Parrilla said the sprinkler was too far from the fire.
The thieves used a heavy duty drill to bore huge holes into the concrete vault wall Police ignored an alarm Police ignored an alarm In the days after the heist, police admitted they had received an alarm activated at Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Ltd – which was ignored.
Instead, they had a digital clock affixed to them that was presumably intended to function as a timer to detonate them at a specific time and date — although since none of them have gone off, it is unclear at this point if the timers were properly wired to detonate the bombs when the alarm activated, or if they were even set.
Flags were waved, whistles blown, candies distributed, fireworks lighted, car alarms activated, soap suds sprayed.
In stark contrast, hits and false alarms activated the pre-SMA comparably (p>0.25; Figure S1b), suggesting that false alarms may primarily arise from changes in internal (baseline) levels of activity rather than by fluctuations in sensory evidence (see Discussion).
A fire alarm activates emergency-response and crisis-communication plans in a fairly straightforward manner, but, Kawalec says, this doesn't happen with cybersecurity incidents, for two reasons.
The sense of alarm activates the diagnostic process and induces the doctor to initiate specific management to prevent serious health problems.
Statement 2: A 'sense of alarm' activates the diagnostic process by stimulating a GP to formulate and weigh up working hypotheses that might involve a serious outcome.
However, don't always rely on the alarm to solely alert the child - by the time the bedwetting alarm activates, it's often too late to stop the stream.
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