diode

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Concepten

diode

Synoniemen

semiconductor diode

crystal rectifier

rectifying tube

rectifying valve

junction rectifier

semi-diode

D

crystal diode

Vertalingen

diode

diodo

diodo

Diode

díode

diyot

δίοδος

diodus

صمام ثنائي

diode

díodo semicondutor

díodo

diod

díodos

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈdaɪəʊd/

Etymologie (Engels)

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”).