nonalarm

English

Etymology

non- +‎ alarm

Adjective

nonalarm (not comparable)

  1. Not of or pertaining to an alarm.
    • 1986, Robert W Mitchell, Nicholas S Thompson, Deception, perspectives on human and nonhuman deceit:
      The bird apparently realized that the alarm call was no longer appropriate and switched to the nonalarm call in mid-vocalization.
    • 2005, Mary Lynn Garcia, Vulnerability assessment of physical protection systems:
      Static systems always represent the secure condition by the same signal; during nonalarm states, the line supervision signal can be easily discovered...
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