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  • led
    led
    verb
    simple past tense and past participle of lead.
  • LED
    LED
    noun
    light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
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led

1 American  
[led] / lɛd /

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of lead.

LED 2 American  
[el-ee-dee, led] / ˈɛlˌiˈdi, lɛd /

noun

  1. light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.

LED 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. light-emitting diode

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led 2 British  
/ lɛd /

verb

  1. the past tense and past participle of lead 1

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LED Scientific  
/ ĕl′ē-dē′,lĕd /

  1. 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.

  2. See also semiconductor laser

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