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di⋅ode

[dahy-ohd]
–noun Electronics.
a device, as a two-element electron tube or a semiconductor, through which current can pass freely in only one direction.

Origin:
1919; di- 1 + -ode 2
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n.  
  1. An electronic device that restricts current flow chiefly to one direction.

  2. An electron tube having a cathode and an anode.

  3. A two-terminal semiconductor device used chiefly as a rectifier.

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