Zener can refer to:
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Zener diode
A Zener diode is a type of diode designed to exploit the Zener effect to affect electric current to flow against the normal direction from anode to cathode, when the voltage across its terminals exceeds a certain characteristic threshold, the ''Z ...
, a type of electronic diode
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Zener effect
In electronics, the Zener effect (employed most notably in the appropriately named Zener diode) is a type of electrical breakdown, discovered by Clarence Zener, Clarence Melvin Zener. It occurs in a p-n junction#Reverse bias, reverse biased p-n di ...
, a type of electrical breakdown which is employed in a Zener diode
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Zener pinning Zener pinning is the influence of a dispersion of fine particles on the movement of low- and high-angle grain boundaries through a polycrystalline material. Small particles act to prevent the motion of such boundaries by exerting a pinning pressure ...
, the influence of a dispersion of fine particles on the movement of low- and high angle grain boundaries through a polycrystalline material
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Clarence Zener
Clarence Melvin Zener ( ; December 1, 1905 – July 2, 1993) was an American physicist who in 1934 was the first to describe the property concerning the breakdown of electrical insulators. These findings were later exploited by Bell Labs in the ...
, the American physicist after whom the diode, effect, and pinning are named
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Karl Zener
Karl Edward Zener (April 22, 1903 – September 27, 1964) was a perceptual psychologist best known for his affiliation with Dr. Joseph Banks Rhine and their work in the field of extra-sensory perception (ESP).
Biography
Zener was born in Indi ...
, the American psychologist after whom the cards are named
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Zener cards
Zener cards are cards used to conduct experiments for extrasensory perception (ESP). Perceptual psychologist Karl Zener (1903–1964) designed the cards in the early 1930s for experiments conducted with his colleague, parapsychologist J. B. ...
, cards used to conduct experiments for extra-sensory perception
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