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an air-core transformer used to produce high voltages of high-frequency alternating currents. Also called Tesla transformer.[1900-05; named after its inventor, N. TESLA]
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Tesla coil
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tesla — 1960, unit of magnetic flux density, from Nikola Tesla (1856 1943), Croatian born U.S. engineer. Tesla coil is attested from 1896 … Etymology dictionary
