diode

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”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪ.əʊd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪ.oʊd/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -aɪəʊd

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^[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.

• → French: diode (see there for further descendants)
• → Korean: 다이오드 (daiodeu)
• → Spanish: diodo
  • → Basque: diodo

• Dodie, Edoid

• IPA^(key): /d̥iˈoːðə/

diode

1. (electronics) diode

• pn-overgang (“p-n junction”)
• lederretning (“direction of forward bias”)
• spærreretning (“direction of reverse bias”)

• “diode” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from English diode.

• IPA^(key): /djɔd/

• Audio (Paris):

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diode f (plural diodes)

1. (electronics) diode

• → Turkish: diyot

• “diode”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Dutch diode, from English diode.

• IPA^(key): /diˈodə/
• Hyphenation: di‧o‧dê
• Rhymes: -də, -ə

diodê (plural diode-diode)

1. (electronics) diode

• diod (Standard Malay)
• dioda

• “diode” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.