led

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of lead

1. not comparableUnder somebody's control or leadership.
   1. not comparableOf a farm, etc.: managed by a deputy instead of the owner or tenant in person.

plural LEDs

1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of light-emitting diode.

   The light-emitting capacity of an LED is measured in megacandela [recte millicandelas] or mcd. Small commercial LEDs range from 10 to about 5000 mcd.

   2012, Julio Sanchez, Maria P. Canton, Embedded Systems Circuits and Programming, →ISBN, page 12

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   The area already has plenty of loud billboards and klieg lights that have drawn complaints from some neighborhood groups, so the city is concerned about anything billboardesque. Mr. Astani’s application to build the LED panels is undergoing an environmental review by city planning officials.

   2008 May 21, Rebecca Cathcart, “A Developer’s Unusual Plan for Bright Lights, Inspired by a Dark Film”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2021

   In some projects, the fiber optic cable will be mounted on the LEDs (D1, D6, D8, and on U22) or the phototransistor (Q4). […] Light is transmitted from the color LED, through the fiber optic cable, to control the NPN transistor (Q2) and red LED (D1).

   2017 October 28, “Snap Circuits Light”, in Snap Circuits, Elenco, archived from the original on 06 Jun 2025, pages 5, 59