tikker
noun
tik·ker
variants:
or ticker \ ˈtikə(r) \
plural -s
Definition of tikker
: a form of interrupter used in the early days of radio as a detector of continuous waves consisting of a rapidly rotating wheel and a fine wire brush with the current made and broken by momentary contacts between the brush and a continuous strip of conducting material in the rim of the wheel
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