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Beepers

Scope note

Electric devices that, when activated, produce short, relatively high-pitched tones, at regular intervals over a period of time, as in portable pagers or animal tracking collars.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000207457

Broader Terms used

<sound signaling devices>

Equivalent Terms used

beeper

Created

12yrs ago

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