tesla noun. ['tɛzlǝ] Also Tesla. Pl. -s, (in sense 2, also) same. L19.
[Nicola Tesla (1856-1943), Croatian-born US physicist.]
1. Tesla coil, a type of induction coil invented by Tesla, employing a spark gap in place of an interruptor and capable of producing an intense high-frequency discharge. L19.

2. Physics. (Usu. tesla.) The SI unit of magnetic flux density, equal to one weber per square metre or 10,000 gauss. (Symbol T.) M20.

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