coherer

English

Etymology

cohere +‎ -er

Noun

coherer (plural coherers)

(physics) A detector of radio waves used in very early radio receivers.
- Rudyard Kipling, Wireless
  Now, this home battery here ready to print is the main steam. The coherer is the valve, always ready to be turned on. The Hertzian wave is the child's hand that turns it.

Translations

a detector of radio waves used in very early radio receivers

Dutch: coherer
Finnish: kohereeri
French: cohéreur (fr)

German: Fritter
Italian: coesore m
Russian: коге́рер (ru) (kogérer)

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