crystal detector

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   a detector consisting of a fine wire in contact with a galena crystal; acts as a rectifier

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Questions about crystal detector

What does crystal detector mean?

crystal detector means "a detector consisting of a fine wire in contact with a galena crystal; acts as a rectifier".

Is crystal detector a common word?

crystal detector is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.