different between electrode vs diode

English

Etymology

Coined by British scientist Michael Faraday in 1833, first used in his Diary (laboratory notebook) from the Ancient Greek words ???????? (?lektron, “amber”) (from which the word electricity is derived) and ???? (hodós, “way”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??l?k.t???d/, /i?l?k.t???d/

Noun

electrode (plural electrodes)

1. the terminal through which electric current passes between metallic and nonmetallic parts of an electric circuit
2. a collector or emitter of electric charge in a semiconducting device

Related terms

Translations

See also

• -ode
• cathode
• anode

Anagrams

• electroed

English

Etymology

di- +? -ode. Learned formation, coined by William Eccles in 1919, after Ancient Greek ?????? (díodos).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?da???d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?da?o?d/

Noun

diode (plural diodes)

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

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• ? French: diode (see there for further descendants)

Translations

Anagrams

• Dodie, Edoid

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?i?o?ð?/

Noun

diode

1. (electronics) diode

Declension

See also

• pn-overgang (“p-n junction”)
• lederretning (“direction of forward bias”)
• spærreretning (“direction of reverse bias”)

Further reading

• “diode” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From English diode.

Pronunciation

Noun

diode f (plural diodes)

1. (electronics) diode

Descendants

• ? Turkish: diyot

Further reading

• “diode” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).