light-emitting diode
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of light-emitting diode
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
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The team first experimentally measured the exciton binding energies for 42 organic semiconductors including 32 solar cell materials, seven organic light-emitting diode materials, and three crystalline compounds of pentacene.
From Science Daily • Jan. 18, 2024
When Dr. Holonyak developed a light-emitting diode — a semiconductor light source that emits light when an electric current flows through it — he was literally showing the world in a whole new light.
From Washington Post • Sep. 21, 2022
To investigate, researchers coated 14 species of coral—10 in the lab and four in the wild—with tiny fluorescent beads, which are each smaller than a pinhead and glow under light-emitting diode light.
From Science Magazine • May 12, 2022
Global Lighting Technologies, a light-emitting diode, or LED, maker, in Shanghai.
From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2022
The lockdown of Wuhan, a manufacturing center of 11 million, has disrupted production of liquid crystal and light-emitting diode panels, according to IHS Markit technology research, now a part of Informa Tech.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 4, 2020
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