crystal detector
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of crystal detector
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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But hidden in Becky's suitcase was a sophisticated sodium iodide crystal detector to sniff minute amounts of gamma radiation from as far away as another room.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The receptor for wireless telegraphy and telephony is the same and may include either a crystal detector or a vacuum tube detector, as will be explained presently.
From The Radio Amateur's Hand Book by Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick)
Connect it into your secondary circuit instead of the crystal detector.
From Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son by Mills, John
This set is built up exactly like the crystal detector described above and shown in Fig.
From The Radio Amateur's Hand Book by Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick)
If you understand how the audion works as a detector you will have no difficulty in understanding the crystal detector.
From Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son by Mills, John
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