decoherer

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noun

A mechanism in early radios to tap the coherer, mechanically disturbing the particles to reset it to the high resistance state.

OriginEnglish decohere ← Latin cohaereō ← Proto-Italic *kom- →
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Meanings

noundecoherer (plural decoherers)

plural decoherers

  1. A mechanism in early radios to tap the coherer, mechanically disturbing the particles to reset it to the high resistance state.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  9. Proto-Italic*kom
  10. Proto-Italic*kom-
  11. Latincon-
  12. Latinhaereō
  13. Latincohaereō
  14. Englishcohere
  15. Englishdecohere
  16. Englishdecoherer

From decohere + -er.

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APA

decoherer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decoherer

MLA

“decoherer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decoherer. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “decoherer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decoherer.

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