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How to use diode in a sentence

10 example sentences · noun

Diode means an electronic device that allows current to flow in one direction only; used chiefly as a rectifier. Example: “The laser was pot modded, so eventually its diode burned out with overuse.”

Examples of diode by meaning

nounAn 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.1919 April 18, William Eccles, Electrician, page 475
  • 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.1949, Samuel Silver, Microwave Antenna Theory and Design, page 593
  • In this circuit when the diode is forward biased, the voltage across the diode remains fairly close to the diode's barrier potential.2005, Robert Diffenderfer, Electronic Devices: Systems and Applications, page 69

More sentences with diode

  • The laser was pot modded, so eventually its diode burned out with overuse.From the entry pot mod
  • Red diode in button illuminates when camera runs at speed set in five-digit speed selector.1994, Sylvia Carlson, Verne Carlson, Professional Cameraman's Handbook, →ISBN, page 494. From the entry illuminate
  • Accidental overvoltage or overrange protection is provided by fast recovery diodes and zener clamps.1972, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Technology Utilization Division, NASA Tech Brief - Issues 10600-10756…. From the entry overrange
  • Diode matrix is the most fundamental of all ROM structure.2002, B. Somantathan Nair, Digital Electronics and Logic Design. From the entry matrix
  • Excessive leakage currents were measured for four chips (2 NPN, 1 PNP, and 1 diode) after the delid operation.1972, International Society for Hybrid Microelectronics, 1972 International Microelectronic Symposium. From the entry delid
  • In this way a pn-junction can be used as a diode – it can allow a current to flow, but only in one direction.2011, Brian Cox, Jeff Forshaw, The Quantum Universe, Allen Lane, published 2011, page 168. From the entry p-n junction
  • Robot controllers range in complexity from simple stepping switches through pneumatic logic sequencers, diode matrix boards, electronic sequencers, and microprocessors to minicomputers.1987, David Ardayfio, Fundamentals of Robotics. From the entry matrix

Meaning of diode

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

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Questions about diode in a sentence

How do you use diode in a sentence?
Diode is used as a noun. For example: “The laser was pot modded, so eventually its diode burned out with overuse.”
What is a short sentence with diode?
“Diode matrix is the most fundamental of all ROM structure.”
What does diode mean?
Diode means an electronic device that allows current to flow in one direction only; used chiefly as a rectifier.

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