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Noun: point-contact diode
  1. A semiconductor rectifier that uses the barrier formed between a specially prepared semiconductor surface and a metal point to produce the rectifying action.
    "A point-contact diode works on the same principle as the junction diode, but its construction is simpler."

Type of: crystal rectifier, diode, junction rectifier, semiconductor diode

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