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ze·ner diode

or Ze·ner diode (zē′nər)

A silicon semiconductor device used as a voltage regulator because of its ability to maintain an almost constant voltage with a wide range of currents.

[After Clarence Melvin Zener (1905-1993), American physicist.]

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Zener diode

(ˈziːnə)

(Electrical Engineering) a semiconductor diode that exhibits a sharp increase in reverse current at a well-defined reverse voltage: used as a voltage regulator

[C20: named after C. M. Zener (1905–93), US physicist]

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ze′ner

(or Ze′ner) di`ode

(ˈzi nər)
n.

a semiconductor diode across which the reverse voltage remains almost constant over a wide range of currents, used esp. to regulate voltage.

[1955–60; after U.S. physicist Clarence Melvin Zener (born 1905)]

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