diode
English edit
Etymology edit
di- + -ode. Learned formation, coined by William Eccles in 1919, after Ancient Greek δίοδος (díodos).
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diode (plural diodes)
- (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[1], 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[2], 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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electronic device
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Danish edit
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diode
Declension edit
Declension of diode
See also edit
- pn-overgang (“p-n junction”)
- lederretning (“direction of forward bias”)
- spærreretning (“direction of reverse bias”)
Further reading edit
- “diode” in Den Danske Ordbog
French edit
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diode f (plural diodes)
Descendants edit
- → Turkish: diyot
Further reading edit
- “diode”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch diode, from English diode.
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diodê (plural diode-diode, first-person possessive diodeku, second-person possessive diodemu, third-person possessive diodenya)
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- “diode” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.