As a noun diode
is an electronic device that allows current to flow in one direction only; a valve.
As an adjective diodic is
of, pertaining to, or functioning as a diode.
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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diodic
English
Adjective
(-)
(physics) Of, pertaining to, or functioning as a diode