Coherer

/koʊˈhɪrər/ noun

Definition

A device that detects radio waves, used in early wireless telegraphy; or someone who causes things to cohere.

Etymology

From cohere + -er suffix (agent noun). The radio device meaning emerged in the 1890s when physicists like Oliver Lodge invented detectors for Hertzian waves, using metal filings that cohered when sensing radio signals.

Kelly Says

The coherer was the grandfather of the radio receiver—it was so sensitive that you had to tap it with a little hammer to make the metal filings break apart before the next signal, basically the world's most frustrating reset button.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
አንድነት
an-din-et
ARالعربية
انسجام
insjām
BNবাংলা
একাত্মতা
ekatmata
CACatalà
coherència
koh-heh-ren-sia
CSČeština
koherencia
koh-heh-ren-tsya
DADansk
kohærens
koh-eh-rens
DEDeutsch
Kohärenter
koh-hah-rent-er
ELΕλληνικά
συνοχή
see-noh-hee
ESEspañol
coheridor
koh-heh-ree-dor
FAفارسی
همگونی
ham-goo-ni
FISuomi
yhtenäisyys
y-teh-nen-yys
FRFrançais
cohérent
koh-ah-ren
GUGU
સહમતિ
sah-ma-tee
HAHA
ƙarfi
kar-fi
HEעברית
הקשר
ha-kasar
HIहिन्दी
सहसंबंध
sah-sam-bandh
HUMagyar
koherencia
koh-heh-ren-tsya
IDBahasa Indonesia
kesatuan
keh-sa-tua-an
IGIG
njikọ
n-ji-ko
ITItaliano
coerenza
koh-reh-n-zah
JA日本語
一貫性
ikkankusei
KKKK
сәйкестік
say-kes-t-ik
KMKM
ឯកភាព
ek-phaap
KO한국어
일관성
il-gwan-seong
MRMR
सहसंबंध
sah-sam-bandh
MSBahasa Melayu
kesatuan
keh-sa-tua-an
MYမြန်မာ
ပြည့်စုံ
pyin-szu-mon
NLNederlands
coherentie
koh-heh-ren-tee
NONorsk
kohærens
koh-eh-rens
PAPA
ਏਕਤਾ
ek-ta
PLPolski
spójność
spw-oh-n-nosht
PTPortuguês
coherente
koh-heh-ren-teh
RORomână
coerență
koh-reh-n-tsah
RUРусский
согласованность
soglasovannost'
SVSvenska
kohärens
koh-heh-rens
SWKiswahili
uhusiano
oo-hoo-see-an-oh
TAதமிழ்
ஒற்றுமை
otrumai
TEతెలుగు
సమతulyam
sama-tulyam
THไทย
ความสอดคล้อง
kwan-sot-klong
TLTL
pagkakaisa
pah-gah-kah-kai-sa
TRTürkçe
uyumlu
oo-moo-loo
UKУкраїнська
узгодженість
uzgodzhenist'
URاردو
一致
ikht-ees
VITiếng Việt
đơn nhất
don-nhat
YOYO
àgbà
ah-gba
ZH中文
一致性
yīchíxìng
ZUZU
ukuhlakanipha
oo-koo-hla-ka-ni-pha

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