anticoherer

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

anti- +‎ coherer

Noun[edit]

anticoherer (plural anticoherers)

  1. (historical, telegraphy) A device, one form of which consists of a scratched deposit of silver on glass, used in connection with the receiving apparatus for reading wireless signals. The electric waves falling on this device increase its resistance several times.