"coherer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: coherers [plural]
Etymology: From cohere + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|cohere|er|id2=agent noun}} cohere + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} coherer (plural coherers)
  1. (physics) A detector of radio waves used in very early radio receivers. Wikipedia link: coherer Categories (topical): Physics Derived forms: recohere Translations (a detector of radio waves used in very early radio receivers): coherer (Dutch), kohereeri (Finnish), cohéreur (French), Fritter (German), coesore [masculine] (Italian), коге́рер (kogérer) (Russian)

Inflected forms

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