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 Dictionary entry overview: What does LED mean? 

• LED (noun)
  The noun LED has 1 sense:

1. diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used

  Familiarity information: LED used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LED (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

LED; light-emitting diode

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))

 Context examples 

At irregular intervals, whenever a fight could be arranged, he was taken out of his cage and led off into the woods a few miles from town.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

When she had got down, she took me by the hand; led me, wondering, into the kitchen; and shut the door.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

He led the way to a small chamber in the rear of the Throne Room, and they all followed him.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Jo led her lover in, and shut the door.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

LED therapy is a type of photodynamic therapy, which uses a special type of light to activate the drug.

(LED therapy, NCI Dictionary)

The movement of the fetus led by the presenting part into the maternal pelvic cavity during active labor.

(Fetal Descent, NCI Thesaurus)

The encouragement Buck gave the rebels led them into all kinds of petty misdemeanors.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

It was open, and led through a stone passage to a circular stairway, which went steeply down.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

A clinical trial conducted in Pakistan’s Punjab province found that vitamin D3 supplements added to regular treatment for malnutrition led to significant improvements in a group of 185 malnourished children aged 2‒58 months.

(Vitamin D3 boost helps treat child malnutrition, SciDev.Net)

Led by Philippe Peigneux, ULB Neuroscience Institute, a group of researchers found that our learning capabilities are limited during slow wave sleep.

(Learning While Sleeping?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)