Anticoherer

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Anticoherer \An`ti*co*her"er\, n. (Wireless Teleg.)
     A device, one form of which consists of a scratched deposit
     of silver on glass, used in connection with the receiving
     apparatus for reading wireless signals. The electric waves
     falling on this contrivance increase its resistance several
     times. The anticoherer can be used in conjunction with a


     telephone.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]