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Detector vs Coherer - What's the difference?

detector | coherer |

As nouns the difference between detector and coherer

is that detector is a device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon while coherer is (physics) a detector of radio waves used in very early radio receivers.

detector

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon.
    • Smoke detectors are mandatory in public buildings.

    Derived terms

    * lie detector * smoke detector

    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.