: an electronic device that has two electrodes or terminals and is used especially as a rectifier
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The Ghoul, in possession of the cold fusion diode, uses it to power New Vegas, thus awakening the digital House.
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Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Feb. 2026
Single molecules could outperform silicon chips Electrons naturally flow more easily in one direction than the other, a property that could let a single molecule act like a tiny diode.
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My blue diode laser cutter isn't that fast, not even on cardstock.
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To achieve this, the company used RGB tech that allows the microscopic red, green and blue diodes to generate color independently.
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Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Feb. 2026
Single molecules could outperform silicon chips Electrons naturally flow more easily in one direction than the other, a property that could let a single molecule act like a tiny diode.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 31 Jan. 2026
My blue diode laser cutter isn't that fast, not even on cardstock.
—New Atlas, 29 Jan. 2026
To achieve this, the company used RGB tech that allows the microscopic red, green and blue diodes to generate color independently.
—Prakhar Khanna, Forbes.com, 5 Jan. 2026
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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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