diode
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
di- + -ode. Learned formation, coined by William Eccles in 1919, after Ancient Greek δίοδος (díodos).
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Noun[edit]
diode (plural diodes)
- (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[1], 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[2], 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.
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Descendants[edit]
- → French: diode (see there for further descendants)
Translations[edit]
electronic device
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Danish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
diode
Declension[edit]
Declension of diode
See also[edit]
- pn-overgang (“p-n junction”)
- lederretning (“direction of forward bias”)
- spærreretning (“direction of reverse bias”)
Further reading[edit]
- “diode” in Den Danske Ordbog
French[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Paris) (file)
Noun[edit]
diode f (plural diodes)
Descendants[edit]
- → Turkish: diyot
Further reading[edit]
- “diode” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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