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Coherer vs Cohere - What's the difference?

coherer | cohere |

As a noun coherer

is (physics) a detector of radio waves used in very early radio receivers.

As a verb cohere is

to stick together physically, by adhesion or figuratively by common purpose.

coherer

English

Noun

(wikipedia coherer) (en noun)
  • (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.

    cohere

    English

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    Verb

  • To stick together physically, by adhesion or figuratively by common purpose.
    • Separate molecules will cohere because of electromagnetic force .
  • To be consistent as part of a group.
    • Members of the party would cohere in the message they were sending.

    Related terms

    * adhere * coherence * coherent * cohesive * inhere

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