MEANING
An electronic device that conducts current much more readily in one direction than the other.
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- rectifier diode
- diode junction
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The diode prevented reverse current.
A failed diode overheated the power supply.
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- diode
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular diode; plural diodes. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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