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diafoon

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EKI Combined Dictionary 2026

Last modified 24.01.2025

Meanings

suruõhuga töötav, lehtritaolise toruga vahend helisignaalide andmiseks udu või halva nähtavuse korral ohutu meresõidu tagamiseks
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  • Tuletornil on udusignaal, 1920. aastast sireen, 1954. aastast diafoon.
  • Diafoonil on madaltooniga tugev signaal, mis muutub läbitungivalt vaibuvaks ja lõpeb omapärase „röhkimisega“, kuuldav kuni 40 miili.

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Merenduse terminikogu

ID 762717 Last modified 17.12.2024
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Domain maritime traffic; seaborne traffic
  • suruõhuga töötav seade laevadele udusignaalide andmiseks
  • compressed-air sound-signal apparatus used by coastal stations in foggy weather and emitting a low powerful note, each blast terminating with a sharp descending note termed "grunt"
diafoon
diaphone
Usage examples
  • The first diaphone employed as a foghorn in the United States was at the Buffalo Breakwater North End Light Station in August 1914.

Purjetamise terminibaas

ID 468703 Last modified 20.10.2021
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sururõhusireen
sururõhusireen
diafoon
diaphone

Word forms

Inflection Type 22e

diafoon diafoonid
diafooni diafoonide
diafooni diafoone ~ diafoonisid

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