Diode vs. Fuse

Diodenoun

(electronics) An electronic device that allows current to flow in one direction only; used chiefly as a rectifier.

Diodenoun

a thermionic tube having two electrodes; used as a rectifier

Diodenoun

a semiconductor that consists of a p-n junction

Diode

A diode is a two-terminal electronic component that conducts current primarily in one direction (asymmetric conductance); it has low (ideally zero) resistance in one direction, and high (ideally infinite) resistance in the other. A diode vacuum tube or thermionic diode is a vacuum tube with two electrodes, a heated cathode and a plate, in which electrons can flow in only one direction, from cathode to plate.

Fusenoun

A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device.

Fusenoun

The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device.

Fusenoun

(electrical engineering) A device to prevent the overloading of an electrical circuit.

Fusenoun

(figurative) Indicating a tendency to lose one's temper.

Fusenoun

A friction match for smokers' use, having a bulbous head which when ignited is not easily blown out even in a gale of wind.

Fusenoun

A kind of match made of paper impregnated with niter and having the usual igniting tip.

Fuseverb

(transitive) To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably.

Fuseverb

(intransitive) To melt together.

Fuseverb

To furnish with or install a fuse.

Fuseverb

(organic chemistry) To form a bicyclic compound from two similar or different types of ring such that two or more atoms are shared between the resulting rings

Fuseverb

To liquefy by heat; to render fluid; to dissolve; to melt.

Fuseverb

To unite or blend, as if melted together.

Fuseverb

To be reduced from a solid to a fluid state by heat; to be melted; to melt.

Fuseverb

To be blended, as if melted together.

Fusenoun

A tube or casing filled with combustible matter, by means of which a charge of powder is ignited, as in blasting; - called also fuzee. See Fuze.

Fusenoun

a mechanism in a bomb, torpedo, rocket, or artillery shell, usually having an easily detonated explosive charge and activated by the shock of impact, which detonates the main explosive charge. Some fuses may have timing mechanisms, delaying the explosion for a short time, or up to several days after impact. Fuses activated by other mechanisms more sophisticated than impact, such as proximity or heat, are used in modern weapons such as antiaircraft or antimissile missiles.

Fusenoun

A wire, bar, or strip of fusible metal inserted for safety in an electric circuit. When the current increases beyond a certain safe strength, the metal melts, interrupting the circuit and thereby preventing possibility of damage. It serves the same function as a circuit breaker.

Fusenoun

electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded

Fusenoun

any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant

Fuseverb

mix together different elements;

Fuseverb

become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat;

Fuseverb

equip with a fuse; provide with a fuse

Fuseverb

make liquid or plastic by heating;