LED
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛl.iːˈdiː/, /lɛd/
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -iː, -ɛd
Noun
LED (plural LEDs)
- Initialism of light-emitting diode.
- 2008 May 21, Rebecca Cathcart, “A Developer’s Unusual Plan for Bright Lights, Inspired by a Dark Film”, in The New York Times[1]:
- The area already has plenty of loud billboards and klieg lights that have drawn complaints from some neighborhood groups, so the city is concerned about anything billboardesque. Mr. Astani’s application to build the LED panels is undergoing an environmental review by city planning officials.
- 2012, Julio Sanchez, Maria P. Canton, Embedded Systems Circuits and Programming, →ISBN, page 12:
- The light-emitting capacity of an LED is measured in megacandela [recte millicandelas] or mcd. Small commercial LEDs range from 10 to about 5000 mcd.
- 2017 October, “Snap Circuits Light”, in Snap Circuits[2], Elenco, pages 5, 59:
- In some projects, the fiber optic cable will be mounted on the LEDs (D1, D6, D8, and on U22) or the phototransistor (Q4). […] Light is transmitted from the color LED, through the fiber optic cable, to control the NPN transistor (Q2) and red LED (D1).
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
LED — see also light-emitting diode
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Anagrams
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈled/, [ˈle̞d]
- Rhymes: -ed
- Syllabification(key): LED
- Hyphenation(key): LED
Noun
LED
- alternative form of ledi (“LED”)
Declension
Inflection of LED (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | LED | LEDit | |
genitive | LEDin | LEDien | |
partitive | LEDiä | LEDejä | |
illative | LEDiin | LEDeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | LED | LEDit | |
accusative | nom. | LED | LEDit |
gen. | LEDin | ||
genitive | LEDin | LEDien | |
partitive | LEDiä | LEDejä | |
inessive | LEDissä | LEDeissä | |
elative | LEDistä | LEDeistä | |
illative | LEDiin | LEDeihin | |
adessive | LEDillä | LEDeillä | |
ablative | LEDiltä | LEDeiltä | |
allative | LEDille | LEDeille | |
essive | LEDinä | LEDeinä | |
translative | LEDiksi | LEDeiksi | |
abessive | LEDittä | LEDeittä | |
instructive | — | LEDein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms
compounds
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɛd/
Audio: (file) Audio: (file)
Noun
LED f (plural LED or LEDs)
- (electronics) LED (light-emitting diode)
- Synonyms: DEL, diode électroluminescente
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɛl ˌeː ˈdeː/
Audio: (file)
Noun
LED f (genitive LED, plural LEDs)
- LED (light-emitting diode)
- Synonym: Leuchtdiode
Declension
Declension of LED [feminine]
Further reading
- “LED” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Japanese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
LED • (eruīdī)
Synonyms
- 発光ダイオード (hakkō daiōdo)
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- led (alternative case spelling)
Etymology
Borrowed from English LED (“light-emitting diode”).
Noun
LED m (definite singular LED-en, indefinite plural LED-ar, definite plural LED-ane)
- LED (light-emitting diode)
References
- “LED” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
Polish
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from English LED.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɛt/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛt
- Syllabification: LED
- Homophone: led
Noun
LED m inan (related adjective ledowy)
- (electronics, technology) LED (rectifying semiconductor device which converts electrical energy into electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength in or near the visible spectrum of light)
- Synonym: dioda elektroluminescencyjna
Declension
Declension of LED
singular | plural | |
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nominative | LED | LED-y |
genitive | LED-a | LED-ów |
dative | LED-owi | LED-om |
accusative | LED | LED-y |
instrumental | LED-em | LED-ami |
locative | LED-zie | LED-ach |
vocative | LED-zie | LED-y |
Further reading
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English LED.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.d͡ʒi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.de/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.dɨ/ [ˈlɛ.ðɨ]
Noun
LED m (plural LEDs)
- LED (light-emitting diode)
- Synonym: díodo emissor de luz
Swedish
Etymology
Noun
LED c