Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun diode

2 senses of diode

Sense 1
diode, rectifying tube, rectifying valve -- (a thermionic tube having two electrodes; used as a rectifier)
       => tube, vacuum tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic tube, electron tube, thermionic valve -- (electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope)

Sense 2
diode, semiconductor diode, junction rectifier, crystal rectifier -- (a semiconductor that consists of a p-n junction)
       => semiconductor device, semiconductor unit, semiconductor -- (a conductor made with semiconducting material)