Smoke detector

Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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Science and technology

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What Wikipedia says

A smoke detector is a device that senses smoke, typically as an indicator of fire. Smoke detectors/alarms are usually housed in plastic enclosures, typically shaped like a disk about 125 millimetres (5 in) in diameter and 25 millimetres (1 in) thick, but shape and size vary.

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