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LED
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
Synonyms:
LED; light-emitting diode
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("LED" is a kind of...):
crystal rectifier; diode; junction rectifier; semiconductor diode (a semiconductor that consists of a p-n junction)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "LED"):
OLED; organic light-emitting diode (a self-luminous diode (it glows when an electrical field is applied to the electrodes) that does not require backlighting or diffusers)
Holonyms ("LED" is a part of...):
alphanumeric display; digital display (a display that gives the information in the form of characters (numbers or letters))
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb lead
Context examples:
The use of LED light or radiation for treatment of various conditions including skin treatments and chemotherapy.
(LED therapy, NCI Thesaurus)
However, further studies have led to the identification of lipid ligands for some of these receptors, which are responsible for lipid metabolism, storage, and elimination.
(Lipid Metabolism and Toxicity Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
And still holding my hand she made me rise, and led me into the inner room.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
As I sat, a train of reflection occurred to me which led me to consider the effects of what I was now doing.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
The squire was sitting down, as white as a sheet, thinking of the harm he had led us to, the good soul!
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
It was, in fact, the route which I had myself taken in my solitary journey, and it led us straight for the Indian caves.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The building stage was led by six students, but a total 400 worked on the project, which involved other science activities as well.
(Satellite made by Brazilian junior high students launched in Japan, Agência Brasil)
“He led a lost cause, and he was not afraid of God’s thunderbolts,” Wolf Larsen was saying.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
She would certainly pass by, for that way led home.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
He lodges on the floor above me, and I have some slight acquaintance with him, which led him to come to me in his perplexity.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
