diode

See also: Diode and díode

English

Etymology

di- +‎ -ode Learned formation, coined by William Eccles in 1919, after Greek δίοδος.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdaɪəʊd/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈdaɪoʊd/
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Noun

diode (plural diodes)

  1. (electronics) An electronic device that allows current to flow in one direction only; used chiefly as a rectifier.
    • 1919 April 18, William Eccles, Electrician, page 475:
      I propose to give the name diode to a tube with two electrodes.
    • 1949, Samuel Silver, Microwave Antenna Theory and Design‎, page 593:
      If a crystal or a diode is used, the amplifier-voltmeter combination may be used with an amplitude-modulated source; or with a c-w source, the detector may be connected to a microammeter or galvanometer as an indicating device.
    • 2005, Robert Diffenderfer, Electronic Devices: Systems and Applications‎, page 69:
      In this circuit when the diode is forward biased, the voltage across the diode remains fairly close to the diode's barrier potential.

Coordinate terms
active semiconductor component

Derived terms
active semiconductor component
active semiconductor component

Translations

Anagrams

Danish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d̥iˈoːðə/

Noun

diode

  1. (electronics) diode

Declension
Declension of diode
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative diode dioden dioder dioderne
genitive diodes diodens dioders diodernes

See also
  • pn-overgang (“p-n junction”)
  • lederretning (“direction of forward bias”)
  • spærreretning (“direction of reverse bias”)
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