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Lecher wires

or lecher wires

[ lekh-er ]

plural noun

, Electricity.
  1. parallel wires of such length and terminations that the system will resonate, producing standing waves, if the frequency of the excitation is correct.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Lecher wires1

1925–30; named after E. Lecher (died 1926), Austrian physicist

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