DIODEとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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”).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈdaɪ.əʊd/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈdaɪ.oʊd/
• 韻: -aɪəʊd

名詞

diode (plural diodes)

1. (electronics) An electronic device that allows current to flow in one direction only; used chiefly as a rectifier.
   • 1919 April 18, William Eccles, Electrician, page 475:

     I propose to give the name diode to a tube with two electrodes.

   • 1949, Samuel Silver, Microwave Antenna Theory and Design‎, page 593:

     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.

   • 2005, Robert Diffenderfer, Electronic Devices: Systems and Applications‎, page 69:

     In this circuit when the diode is forward biased, the voltage across the diode remains fairly close to the diode's barrier potential.

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派生した語

• → French: diode (see there for further descendants)
• → Korean: 다이오드 (daiodeu)
• → Spanish: diodo
  • → Basque: diodo

アナグラム

• Dodie, Edoid