How do you pronounce diode?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdaɪ.oʊd/.

diode

/ˈdaɪ.oʊd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English

Syllables: diode
IPA: /ˈdaɪ.oʊd/

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Meaning

noun

An electronic device that allows current to flow in one direction only; used chiefly as a rectifier.

Example Sentences

"I propose to give the name diode to a tube with two electrodes."
"If a crystal or a diode is used, the amplifier-voltmeter combination may be used with an amplitude-modulated source; or with a c-w source, the detector may be connected to a microammeter or galvanometer as an indicating device."
"In this circuit when the diode is forward biased, the voltage across the diode remains fairly close to the diode's barrier potential."

Etymology

From di- (“two”) + -ode. Learned formation, coined by William Henry Eccles in 1919, after Ancient Greek δίοδος (díodos, “passage through”), which however is formed not with δι- (di-, “two”) but with δια- (dia-, “through”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Prefix: di
Root: δίοδος
Suffix: ode

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈdaɪ.oʊd/
British English: /ˈdaɪ.əʊd/

Inflected Forms

diodes (plural)

Derived Forms

diodelaser diodelike diodic LED microdiode nanodiode photodiode

Phrases

Gunn diode junction diode laser diode light-emitting diode Schottky diode tunnel diode Zener diode

Frequently Paired Words

anode cathode electrode heptode hexode nonode octode pentode

Synonyms

semiconductor diode junction rectifier crystal rectifier rectifying tube rectifying valve

Rhymes With

triode