"tesla" in the noun sense
1. tesla
a unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter
2. Tesla, Nikola 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)
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