Word Type

Noun

The word "diode" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Coordinate Terms

bias capacitor conductor drain emitter inductor insulator memristor resistor source transistor

Derived Terms

Gunn diode LED Schottky diode Zener diode diodelaser diodelike diodic junction diode laser diode light-emitting diode microdiode nanodiode photodiode tunnel diode

Context

electronics

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

electron tube semiconductor semiconductor device semiconductor unit thermionic tube thermionic vacuum tube thermionic valve tube vacuum tube

Type Of (IsA)

directed route electrical component electronic component product semiconductor semiconductor device tube two terminal electrical device vacuum tube

Related Terms

anode cathode electrode heptode hexode nonode octode pentode tetrode triode

Related Terms

allow anode cathode current device direction electrode electronic flow heptode hexode nonode octode pentode rectifier tetrode triode

Similar Terms

bias capacitor conductor drain emitter inductor insulator memristor resistor source transistor

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