"motion detector" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: motion detectors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} motion detector (plural motion detectors)
  1. A device used in security systems that can alert the user of the presence of a moving object. Translations (device used in security systems): 動作感應器 /动作感应器 (dòngzuò gǎnyīngqì) (Chinese Mandarin), liiketunnistin (Finnish), Bewegungsmelder [neuter] (German), mozgásérzékelő (Hungarian), brathadóir gluaiseachta [masculine] (Irish), sensore di movimento [masculine] (Italian), дете́ктор движе́ния (detéktor dvižénija) [masculine] (Russian)

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