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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun 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.
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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Clarence Melvin Zener, (1905–1993), American physicist.]
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