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Tesla   /tˈɛslə/  /tˈɛzlə/   Listen
Tesla

noun
1.
A unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter.
2.
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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"Tesla" Quotes from Famous Books



... "Substantialists" believe that it is a kind of matter. Others deny that, and insist that it is a "form of Energy," on which point there can be no serious question. Still others reject both these views. Tesla has said that "nothing stands in the way of our calling electricity 'ether associated with matter, or bound ether.'" Professor Lodge says it is "a form, or rather a mode of manifestation, of the ether" The question is still in dispute whether we have only one ...
— Steam Steel and Electricity • James W. Steele


Words linked to "Tesla" :   discoverer, gauss, electrical engineer, Tesla coil, artificer, Nikola Tesla, flux density unit, inventor


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