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The term "liquid crystal diode" was invented by patent lawyers in late 1970's for the emerging liquid crystal display technology to rhyme with the then dominant light emitting diode display technology. The term is misleading as the liquid crystal cell is not a diode in the ordinary meaning of the word. Since then the incorrect term has been adopted to patents (over 600 patents describing liquid crystal cells as diodes) and scientific literature in addition to its misuse in lay-articles in internet.

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