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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. An electronic device that restricts current flow chiefly to one direction.
  2. n. An electron tube having a cathode and an anode.
  3. n. A two-terminal semiconductor device used chiefly as a rectifier.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Of two ways; in elect. teleg., same as duplex.
  2. n. In botany, the rudimentary or transition body in vascular plants which develops into the prothallium.

Wiktionary

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

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a thermionic tube having two electrodes; used as a rectifier
  2. n. a semiconductor that consists of a p-n junction

Etymologies

  1. Learned formation, coined by William Eccles in 1919, after Greek δίοδος. (Wiktionary)

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  • “Otellini compared the Obama administration to a "diode" -- an electronic device that conducts electric current in only one direction.”

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  • “The author of the above hypothesis wrote his degree paper on silicon carbide light-emitting diode, that is why the ending of the forth series is the most simple- it is a modern light-emitting diode.”

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  • “A diode is a junction of two types of semiconductor, which only allow electrons to flow in one direction.”

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  • “It looks like something out of "Star Wars," but it's not sci-fi, it's high tech and it's called a diode laser.”

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  • “Don't misunderstand my opinion here ... a diode is a nice feature, but just un-necessary if you are running such a minimal system and you want to maximize what little you have available.”

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  • “This is potentially useful, but the diode is a more important (and difficult) component to replicate.”

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  • “Kozicki said his team was wrestling with how find a way to build an electrical element, called a diode, into the memory cell.”

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  • “Kozicki said his team was wrestling with how to find a way to build an electrical element, called a diode, into the memory cell.”

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  • “The result can be seen to be that a diode is a one way valve for electrons.”

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