diode

Signification (Anglais)

An electronic device that allows current to flow in one direction only; used chiefly as a rectifier.

Concepts

diode

Synonymes

semiconductor diode

crystal rectifier

rectifying tube

rectifying valve

junction rectifier

semi-diode

D

crystal diode

Traductions

diodo

diodo

Diode

diode

díode

diyot

δίοδος

diodus

صمام ثنائي

diode

díodo semicondutor

díodo

diod

díodos

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈdaɪəʊd/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From di- (“two”) + -ode. Learned formation, coined by William Henry Eccles in 1919, after Ancient Greek δίοδος (díodos, “passage through”), which however is formed not with δι- (di-, “two”) but with δια- (dia-, “through”).