Word: anticoherer
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: an
ti
co
her
er
Definition: 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 device increase its resistance several times.
Morphemes:
Affix: anti-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Related to antiparticles; with the same mass but with opposite physical charges (such as electric charge)
Affix: cohere
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To stick together physically, by adhesion.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: con-
Language: la
Decoded: con-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
Affix: haereō
Language: la
Decoded: haereo
Meaning: cleave, cling
Affix: -er
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: A person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb; used to form an agent noun.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ārius
Language: la
Decoded: -arius
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns or numerals.