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tesla

noun

1 tesla

A unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter.

Dutch: tesla
Polish: tesla, T

2 Tesla

United States electrical engineer and inventor (born in Croatia but of Serbian descent) who discovered the principles of alternating currents and developed the first alternating-current induction motor and the Tesla coil and several forms of oscillators (1856-1943).

synonym: Nikola Tesla.


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