: an electronic device that has two electrodes or terminals and is used especially as a rectifier
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Not to be confused with the QLED (quantum light emitting diode) tech already available in TVs, QDEL displays don't have a backlight.
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Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 22 Apr. 2024
Satellites currently use single-watt diode lasers to send information but over shorter distances: So far, Peck says, the longest distance has been from the moon, more than 100 million times closer than Alpha Centauri.
—Ann Finkbeiner, Scientific American, 22 Dec. 2016
The new display shines red, green, and blue laser diodes at a spatial light modulator.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 May 2024
In order to split this light into the whole spectrum of colors that creates white light, manufacturers paint a material called phosphor onto the diodes inside the bulb.
—Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
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Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 22 Apr. 2024
Satellites currently use single-watt diode lasers to send information but over shorter distances: So far, Peck says, the longest distance has been from the moon, more than 100 million times closer than Alpha Centauri.
—Ann Finkbeiner, Scientific American, 22 Dec. 2016
The new display shines red, green, and blue laser diodes at a spatial light modulator.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 May 2024
In order to split this light into the whole spectrum of colors that creates white light, manufacturers paint a material called phosphor onto the diodes inside the bulb.
—Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
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diode
noun
di·ode
ˈdī-ˌōd 
: an electronic device with two electrodes that is used especially for changing alternating current into direct current
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