"diode" meaning in English

See diode in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈdaɪ.əʊd/ [UK], /ˈdaɪ.oʊd/ [US] Audio: en-us-diode.ogg Forms: diodes [plural]
Rhymes: (UK) -aɪəʊd, (US) -aɪoʊd Etymology: From di- + -ode. Learned formation, coined by William Eccles in 1919, after Ancient Greek δίοδος (díodos). Etymology templates: {{confix|en|di|ode|id1=across}} di- + -ode, {{der|en|grc|δίοδος}} Ancient Greek δίοδος (díodos) Head templates: {{en-noun}} diode (plural diodes)
  1. (electronics) An electronic device that allows current to flow in one direction only; used chiefly as a rectifier. Wikipedia link: diode Categories (topical): Electron tubes, Electronics, Semiconductors, Technology Derived forms: Gunn diode, junction diode, laser diode, light-emitting diode, LED, photodiode, Schottky diode, tunnel diode, Zener diode Related terms: anode, cathode, electrode, heptode, hexode, nonode, octode, pentode, tetrode, triode Translations (electronic device): صِمَام ثُنَائِيّ (ṣimām ṯunāʔiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), ثَنَائِي دِيُود (ṯanāʔī diyūd) [masculine] (Arabic), դիոդ (diod) (Armenian), diodo (Basque), díode [masculine] (Catalan), 二極管 (Chinese Mandarin), 二极管 (èrjíguǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), dioda [feminine] (Czech), diode [common-gender] (Danish), diode [feminine] (Dutch), diodo (Esperanto), diodi (Finnish), diode [feminine] (French), díodo [masculine] (Galician), Diode [feminine] (German), δίοδος (díodos) [masculine] (Greek), דיודה (dioda) [feminine] (Hebrew), डायोड (ḍāyoḍ) (Hindi), dióda (Hungarian), díóða [feminine] (Icelandic), tvistur [masculine] (Icelandic), tvískauta rör [neuter] (Icelandic), tvískauti [masculine] (Icelandic), diode (Indonesian), diodo [masculine] (Italian), ダイオード (daiōdo) (Japanese), 다이오드 (daiodeu) (Korean), дио́да (dióda) [feminine] (Macedonian), diod (Malay), ngōhiko (Maori), whāhutahi (Maori), diode [masculine] (Norwegian), دیود (diyod) (Persian), dioda [feminine] (Polish), díodo [masculine] (Portuguese), diodă [feminine] (Romanian), дио́д (diód) [masculine] (Russian), диода (dioda) [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), diodo [masculine] (Spanish), diod [common-gender] (Swedish), duhandas (Tagalog), diyodo (Tagalog), ไดโอด (daiòht) (Thai), diyot (Turkish), ống hai cực (Vietnamese), bóng lưỡng cực (Vietnamese), đèn lưỡng cực (Vietnamese)
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      "word": "二极管"
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "electronic device",
      "word": "다이오드"
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      "sense": "electronic device",
      "word": "whāhutahi"
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      "code": "fa",
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      "word": "دیود"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "electronic device",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "dioda"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "electronic device",
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
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      "word": "diodă"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "tl",
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      "sense": "electronic device",
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      "sense": "electronic device",
      "word": "diyodo"
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      "code": "th",
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      "sense": "electronic device",
      "word": "ไดโอด"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "electronic device",
      "word": "diyot"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "electronic device",
      "word": "ống hai cực"
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    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "electronic device",
      "word": "bóng lưỡng cực"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "electronic device",
      "word": "đèn lưỡng cực"
    }
  ],
  "word": "diode"
}

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