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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
diode /ˈdʌɪəʊd/

▶noun Electronics

1 a semiconductor device with two terminals, typically allowing the flow of current in one direction only.

2 a thermionic valve with two electrodes.

– origin early 20th cent.: from di-1 + a shortened form of electrode.

'diode' also found in these Oxford entries:

LED - light-emitting diode - -ode - photodiode - tunnel diode - varactor - varistor - Zener diode

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