diode

Meaning

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

Synonyms

semiconductor diode

crystal rectifier

rectifying tube

rectifying valve

junction rectifier

semi-diode

D

crystal diode

Translations

diode

diodo

Diode

diodo

diode

díode

diyot

diodus

δίοδος

صمام ثنائي

díodo semicondutor

diode

diod

díodos

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdaɪəʊd/

Etymology

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”).