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radioconductor
radioconductor n.
Brit. 
/ˌreɪdɪə(ʊ)kənˈdʌktə/
, /ˌreɪdɪə(ʊ)kənˈdʌktə/U.S. /ˌreɪdioʊkənˈdəktər/
[after French radioconducteur (E. Branly 1897, in Comptes rendus hebd. de l'Acad. des Sci. 125 941)] now historical = coherer n./ˌreɪdioʊkənˈdəktər/ΘΚΠ
society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > radio equipment > [noun] > radio set > receiver > parts of
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1897 Electr. Rev. (U.S.) Dec. 317/4 The receiver, fixed on the pointer of a goniometer,..is derived from the radio-conductor with filings.
1906 S. R. Bottone tr. D. Mazzotto Wireless Telegr. & Telephony vii. 166 Branly gave the name of ‘radio-conductors’ to the tubes with filings, a name which some prefer, as it only points to the fact, leaving the true nature of the phenomenon unexplained.
1995 M. Estabrooks Electronic Technol. ii. 28 The Frenchman Edouard Branly discovered the radioconductor which worked on the principle that it became a conductor of electricity in the presence of an electromagnetic wave.
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