Zener noun¹. ['zi:nǝ] M20.
[Karl Edward Zener (1903-61), US psychologist.]
Psychology. Used attrib. with ref. to a type of card, used in packs of 25 in card-guessing tests in ESP experiments.

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Zener noun². ['zi:nǝ] M20.
[Clarence Melvin Zener (1905-93), US physicist.]
Electronics.
1. Used attrib. to designate various concepts, devices, etc., connected with or arising from Zener's research. M20.
Zener breakdown = Zener effect below. Zener diode a junction diode in which the forward characteristic is like that of an ordinary diode but there is a sudden large increase in reverse current at a certain constant reverse voltage owing to the Zener effect or the avalanche effect. Zener effect the increase in reverse current of a Zener diode when attributed to the tunnelling of current-carriers through the transition region rather than to the avalanche effect. Zener voltage the voltage at which the Zener effect occurs; the reverse breakdown voltage of a Zener diode.

2. A Zener diode. M20.

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