Startled by the intense beam he produced when he rigged the diode to his bike generator, he recalls saying to his partner that a child could read by the light of a single diode.
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Diode
//ˈdaɪ.əʊd//
Synonyms for "diode" (16 found)
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Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (4)
Related words (8)
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48 translations across 39 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- ثَنَائِي دِيُود noun (electronic device)
- صِمَام ثُنَائِيّ noun (electronic device)
Armenian
1 entries- դիոդ noun (electronic device)
Basque
1 entries- diodo noun (electronic device)
Catalan
1 entries- díode noun (electronic device)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 二極管 /二极管 noun (electronic device)
Czech
1 entries- dioda noun (electronic device)
Danish
1 entries- diode noun (electronic device)
Dutch
1 entries- diode noun (electronic device)
Esperanto
1 entries- diodo noun (electronic device)
Finnish
1 entries- diodi noun (electronic device)
French
1 entries- diode noun (electronic device)
Galician
1 entries- díodo noun (electronic device)
German
1 entries- Diode noun (electronic device)
Greek
1 entries- δίοδος noun (electronic device)
Hebrew
1 entries- דיודה noun (electronic device)
Hindi
1 entries- डायोड noun (electronic device)
Hungarian
1 entries- dióda noun (electronic device)
Icelandic
4 entries- díóða noun (electronic device)
- tvistur noun (electronic device)
- tvískauta rör noun (electronic device)
- tvískauti noun (electronic device)
Indonesian
1 entries- diode noun (electronic device)
Italian
1 entries- diodo noun (electronic device)
Japanese
1 entries- ダイオード noun (electronic device)
Korean
1 entries- 다이오드 noun (electronic device)
Macedonian
1 entries- дио́да noun (electronic device)
Malay
1 entries- diod noun (electronic device)
Māori
2 entries- ngōhiko noun (electronic device)
- whāhutahi noun (electronic device)
Norwegian
1 entries- diode noun (electronic device)
Persian
1 entries- دیود noun (electronic device)
Polish
1 entries- dioda noun (electronic device)
Portuguese
1 entries- díodo noun (electronic device)
Romanian
1 entries- diodă noun (electronic device)
Russian
1 entries- дио́д noun (electronic device)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- диода noun (electronic device)
Spanish
1 entries- diodo noun (electronic device)
Swedish
1 entries- diod noun (electronic device)
Tagalog
2 entries- diyodo noun (electronic device)
- duhandas noun (electronic device)
Thai
1 entries- ไดโอด noun (electronic device)
Turkish
1 entries- diyot noun (electronic device)
Vietnamese
4 entries- bóng lưỡng cực noun (electronic device)
- điôt noun (electronic device)
- đèn lưỡng cực noun (electronic device)
- ống hai cực noun (electronic device)
Welsh
1 entries- deuod noun (electronic device)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
I propose to give the name diode to a tube with two electrodes.
Source: wiktionary
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.
Source: wiktionary
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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