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See also: Diode and díode

English

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Etymology

From di- +‎ -ode. Learned formation, coined by William Eccles in 1919, after Ancient Greek δίοδος (díodos).

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Noun

diode (plural diodes)

  1. (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, 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, 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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  • → French: diode (see there for further descendants)

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Danish

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Noun

diode

  1. (electronics) diode

Declension

Declension of diode
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative diode dioden dioder dioderne
genitive diodes diodens dioders diodernes

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English diode.

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Noun

diode f (plural diodes)

  1. (electronics) diode

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Indonesian

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Etymology

From Dutch diode, from English diode.

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Noun

diodê (plural diode-diode, first-person possessive diodeku, second-person possessive diodemu, third-person possessive diodenya)

  1. (electronics) diode

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