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A zener diode has a relatively constant reverse voltage, at the designated zener voltage. If you had a circuit, say, with an AC source, a resistor, and a zener, the waveform across the zener would be the AC source, clipped at the reverse bias zener voltage, and clipped again at the forward bias voltage, typically about 0.7 V.

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