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Diode vs Dione - What's the difference?

diode | dione |

As nouns the difference between diode and dione

is that diode is diode while dione is (organic chemistry|sometimes in combination) diketone.

diode

English

(wikipedia diode)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An electronic device that allows current to flow in one direction only; a valve.
  • A two-terminal semiconductor device, having a p-n junction, used chiefly as a rectifier.

    • Related terms

    * electrode * anode * cathode * triode * tetrode * pentode * hexode * heptode * octode * nonode

    Derived terms

    (active semiconductor component) * LED * photodiode * Zener diode

    Anagrams

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    dione

    Translingual

    (rfimage)

    Proper noun

    • Hypernyms

    * (genus) (Nymphalidae Hypernyms); Heliconiinae - subfamily; Heliconiini - tribe

    Hyponyms

    * (genus)  - species

    External links

    * * ("Dione" species on Wikimedia) * (comcatlite) ----