a semiconductor diode that exhibits a sharp increase in reverse current at a well-defined reverse voltage: used as a voltage regulator
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ze′ner di′ode
(zē′nər),USA pronunciation [Electronics.]
- Electronicsa semiconductor diode across which the reverse voltage remains almost constant over a wide range of currents, used esp. to regulate voltage.
- after U.south, southern. physicist Clarence Melvin Zener (born 1905) 1955–60