English Explanatory Dictionary

decoherer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

decoherer decoherers

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin haereō Latin cohaereōbor. English cohere English decohere Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsjos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English decoherer From decohere + -er.

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