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Noun: tesla  tes-lu or tez-lu
  1. A unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter
Noun: Tesla
  1. 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)
    - Nikola Tesla

Derived forms: teslas

Type of: artificer, discoverer, electrical engineer, flux density unit, inventor

Encyclopedia: Tesla, Nikola

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