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エサキダイオード (esakidaioodo) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

エサキダイオード

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Meanings

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Esaki diode; tunnel diode

Technical term in electronics; named after Leo Esaki. Also called トンネルダイオード.

エサキダイオードは負ふ性せい抵てい抗こうを示しめす半はん導どう体たい

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The Esaki diode is a semiconductor device that exhibits negative resistance.

Related words

トンネルダイオード
Synonym; トンネルダイオード is the more common English-derived term, while エサキダイオード uses the inventor's name.

Written forms

エサキ・ダイオード
- エサキダイオード
  Variant with interpunct; less common in running text.
- エサキ・ダイオード

Etymology

From the name of Japanese physicist Leo Esaki (江崎玲於奈) + ダイオード (diode).