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radio | coherer |

As a verb radio

is .

As a noun coherer is

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

radio

English

(wikipedia radio)

Noun

  • (uncountable) The technology that allows for the transmission of sound or other signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves.
  • (countable) A device that can capture (receive) the signal sent over radio waves and render the modulated signal as sound.
  • (countable) A device that can transmit radio signals.
  • (Internet, uncountable) The continuous broadcasting of sound recordings via the Internet in the style of traditional radio.

    • Synonyms

    * (device to capture radio signal) tuner, wireless, receiver

    Related terms

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (intransitive, transitive, ambitransitive) To use two-way radio to transmit (a message) (to another radio or other radio operator).
    • I think the boat is sinking; we'd better radio''' for help.'' / ''I '''radioed''' him already.'' / '''''Radio''' the coordinates this time.'' / ''OK. I '''radioed them the coordinates.
  • To order or assist (to a location), using telecommunications.
  • * 2002 , Jack Dave, Death Bridge , iUniverse, ISBN 978-0-595-21407-5, page 40:
    • “Could you call them here? I'd like to talk to them. Or if they're out in the field, radio them in.”
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    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.