diode

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Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪəʊd/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪoʊd/

Noun[edit]

diode (plural diodes)

An electronic device that allows current to flow in one direction only; a valve.
A two-terminal semiconductor device, having a p-n junction, used chiefly as a rectifier.

Translations[edit]

electronic device

Arabic: صمام ثنائي m, ثنائي ديود m (thanaa'iy diyuud)
Basque: diodo (eu)
Catalan: díode m
Chinese:

Mandarin: 二極管 (zh), 二极管 (zh) (èrjíguǎn)
Czech: dioda f
Dutch: diode (nl) f
Esperanto: diodo (eo)
Finnish: diodi (fi)
French: diode (fr) f
German: Diode (de) f
Greek: δίοδος (el) m (díodos)

Hebrew: דיודה (he) f (dioda)
Hindi: डायोड (ḍāyōḍ)
Icelandic: díóða f, tvistur m, tvískauta rör n, tvískauti m
Japanese: ダイオード (daiōdo)
Korean: 다이오드 (ko) (daiodeu)
Polish: dioda (pl) f
Portuguese: diodo (pt) m
Russian: диод (ru) m (diód)
Serbo-Croatian: диода f (dioda)
Spanish: diodo (es) m
Tagalog: duhandas, diyodo
Thai: ไดโอด (daiòht)

Related terms[edit]

valve (vacuum tube)

Derived terms[edit]

active semiconductor component

LED

Anagrams[edit]

Dodie

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