led
simple past tense and past participle of lead1.
Other words from led
- un·led, adjective
- well-led, adjective
Words that may be confused with led
- lead, led
Words Nearby led
Other definitions for LED (2 of 2)
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
Words that may be confused with LED
- LCD, LED
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How to use led in a sentence
The cost of both has dropped at unprecedented rates over the past decade and energy efficient technologies such as led lighting have also expanded.
How a New Solar and Lighting Technology Could Propel a Renewable Energy Transformation | Sam Stranks | September 3, 2020 | Singularity HubLikewise, our current led lighting and display technologies are too expensive and not of good enough color quality to realistically replace traditional lighting in a short enough time frame.
How a New Solar and Lighting Technology Could Propel a Renewable Energy Transformation | Sam Stranks | September 3, 2020 | Singularity HubThat current can power small electronics, such as a watch or led lights.
Here’s the summer science you might have missed | Janet Raloff | September 1, 2020 | Science News For StudentsAdjust between ten different brightness modes with these 300 led lights, creating the exact right atmospheric mood.
Twinkle lights that instantly cheer up your home | PopSci Commerce Team | August 27, 2020 | Popular-ScienceEasily keep these 200 led lights charged with a USB plug-in installation, which can be plugged into your laptop or power bank.
Twinkle lights that instantly cheer up your home | PopSci Commerce Team | August 27, 2020 | Popular-Science
Then they came up against a police patrol on mountain bicycles, which again led to more shooting, without injuries.
Police Hunt for Paris Massacre Suspects | Tracy McNicoll, Christopher Dickey | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTSeventy-two adults between the ages of 18 and 50 are participating in the trial, led by the pediatrics department at Oxford.
So I drove around the corner to the trailhead of the logging road that led back to the crash site.
The 7-Year-Old Plane Crash Survivor’s Brutal Journey Through the Woods | James Higdon | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe advisers, led by Suleimani, included none other than Taghavi.
What an Iranian Funeral Tells Us About the Wars in Iraq | IranWire | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTBut those strands of his identity are all wound around the conspiracy that led him back to Gambia for the first time in 23 years.
The Shadowy U.S. Veteran Who Tried to Overthrow a Country | Jacob Siegel | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTHis zeal led him among foreigners as a missionary; after visiting Bohemia, he went among the Poles, by whom he was killed.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellThey ran side by side across the yard to a roofed flight of steps that led to the printing-office.
Hilda Lessways | Arnold BennettI turned round, thrust my purse into the lap of the nearest, and with a light heart led the lady back to the hotel.
If he didn't give it to me, I took it, for fear I should be led to do anything wrong, through not having it.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousThis led to her painting portraits of various members of the royal family while she was still a pupil of De Zichys.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. | Clara Erskine Clement
British Dictionary definitions for led (1 of 2)
/ (lɛd) /
the past tense and past participle of lead 1
British Dictionary definitions for LED (2 of 2)
/ electronics /
light-emitting diode
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Scientific definitions for LED
[ ĕl′ē-dē′, lĕd ]
Short for light-emitting diode. An electronic semiconductor device that emits light when an electric current passes through it. They are considerably more efficient than incandescent bulbs, and rarely burn out. LEDs are used in many applications such as flat-screen video displays, and increasingly as general sources of light. See also semiconductor laser.
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