Tesla

biographical name

Tes·la ˈte-slə

Nikola 1856–1943 American (Croatian-born) electrical engineer and inventor

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tesla

noun

tes·la ˈtes-lə

: a unit of magnetic flux density in the mks system equivalent to one weber per square meter

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