Coherer
[koh-heer-er, -her-] /koʊˈhɪər ər, -ˈhɛr-/
noun
1.
a person or thing that .
2.
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.
/kəʊˈhɪərə/
noun
1.
(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
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