light-emitting diode

1. 1.

   diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used

   SynonymsLED

   Broaderdiode

   Narrowerorganic light-emitting diode

   Part ofdigital display

Questions about light-emitting diode

What does light-emitting diode mean?

light-emitting diode means "diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used".

What is another word for light-emitting diode?

Close synonyms include LED. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is light-emitting diode a common word?

light-emitting diode is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.