SED

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sed"

English

Alternative forms

• (electronics): S.E.D., S. E. D.

Etymology 1

Noun

SED (countable and uncountable, plural SEDs)

1. (electronics) Initialism of surface-conduction electron-emitter display.
2. (astronomy, physics) Initialism of spectral energy distribution.
3. (pathology) Initialism of selective eating disorder.
4. (computing) Initialism of self-encrypting drive.
5. (sociology) Initialism of socio-economic development.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German SED (“Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands”).

Proper noun

SED

1. (historical) The Socialist Unity Party.
   • 2017 May, Loren Balhorn, “The Lost History of Antifa”, in Jacobin Magazine‎^[1]:

     In an interview with Jacobin to be published later this year, veteran KPO activist Theodor Bergmann tells of Heinrich Adam, prewar KPO member and mechanic at the Zeiss optics factory in Jena who joined the SED in hopes of realizing socialist unity.

See also

• (electronics): surface-conduction electron-emitter display on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (electronics): LCD, VFD, FED

Anagrams

• des, eds, dEs, Eds, SDE, Esd., EDS, EDs, des-, Des, eds., DSE, ESD, DES, DEs

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛs.eˈdeː/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

die SED f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der SED)

1. (history, politics) initialism of Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands (“Socialist Unity Party of Germany”, the “East German Communist Party”)

Hypernyms

• Partei

See also

• Einheitsfeind
• KPD, SPD