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Nikola Tesla

Definitions of Nikola Tesla
  1. 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)
    synonyms: Tesla
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    electrical engineer
    a person trained in practical applications of the theory of electricity
    artificer, discoverer, inventor
    someone who is the first to think of or make something
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