diode

名词 n.
/ˈdaɪ.əʊd/    /ˈdaɪ.oʊd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An electronic device that allows current to flow in one direction only; used chiefly as a rectifier.
    — I propose to give the name diode to a tube with two electrodes.

词形变化

diodes plural

词源

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”).
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