"decoherer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: decoherers [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin haereō Latin cohaereōbor. English cohere English decohere Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English decoherer From decohere + -er. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:af|decohere|-er<id:agent noun>|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin haereō Latin cohaereōbor. English cohere English decohere Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English decoherer, {{suffix|en|decohere|er|id2=agent noun}} decohere + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} decoherer (plural decoherers)
  1. A mechanism in early radios to tap the coherer, mechanically disturbing the particles to reset it to the high resistance state.

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