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coherer
[ koh-heer-er, -her- ]
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.
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
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These, on reaching the torpedo, pass into the projecting wire and thence reach the coherer.
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Reference has already been made to the original form of receiving apparatus called the Coherer.
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One wire from the coherer is connected to the aerial and the other to the ground.
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Suddenly there sounded the sharp click of the tapper as it struck the coherer.
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The sensitive part of the Marconi receiving apparatus is the coherer.
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