anticoherer

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noun

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.

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Meanings

nounanticoherer (plural anticoherers)

plural anticoherers

  1. historicalcommunicationsA 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.

Origin

From anti- + coherer.

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APA

anticoherer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticoherer

MLA

“anticoherer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticoherer. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anticoherer,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticoherer.

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