coherer

[ koh-heer-er, -her- ]
/ koʊˈhɪər ər, -ˈhɛr- /

noun

a person or thing that coheres.
Radio. a device usually used in detecting radio waves, as a tube filled with a conducting substance in granular form, whose electrical resistance increases when struck by radio waves.

Origin of coherer

First recorded in 1890–95; cohere + -er1

Words nearby coherer

coherence, coherence theory, coherent, coherent control, coherent light, coherer, cohesion, cohesionless soil, cohesive, cohesive soil, cohn

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British Dictionary definitions for coherer

coherer
/ (kəʊˈhɪərə) /

noun

physics an electrical component formerly used to detect radio waves, consisting of a tube containing loosely packed metal particles. The waves caused the particles to cohere, thereby changing the current through the circuit