English Explanatory Dictionary

Branly effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An increase in electric conduction induced by radio waves, exploited in the coherer.

Word forms

Branly effect

Etymology

Named after Édouard Branly, who discovered the effect on 24 November 1890.

Synonyms

radioconduction
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