tesla : Idioms & Phrases


nikola tesla

  • noun 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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tesla coil

  • noun a step-up transformer with an air core; used to produce high voltages at high frequencies
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