Diode is a related term of electrode.
As nouns the difference between electrode and diode
is that electrode is the terminal through which electric current passes between metallic and nonmetallic parts of an electric circuit while diode is an electronic device that allows current to flow in one direction only; a valve.
electrode
Noun
(
en noun)
the terminal through which electric current passes between metallic and nonmetallic parts of an electric circuit
a collector or emitter of electric charge in a semiconducting device
Related terms
* electrode potential
* reference electrode
* standard electrode potential
* standard hydrogen electrode
See also
* -ode
* cathode
* anode
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
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