NOUN | quantity | tesla | a unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter |
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person | Tesla, Nikola Tesla | 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) |
Sounds | teh'slah; teh'zlah | |
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Rhymes | Abila ... Zola: 109 rhymes with lah... |
Meaning | A unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter. | |
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Parts | gauss | A unit of magnetic flux density equal to 1 maxwell per square centimeter |
Broader | flux density unit | A measure of the amount of flux per unit of cross sectional area |
Spanish | tesla | |
Catalan | tesla |
Meaning | 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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Synonym | Nikola Tesla | |
Instance of | electrical engineer | A person trained in practical applications of the theory of electricity |
inventor, discoverer, artificer | someone who is the first to think of or make something | |
Spanish | Nikola Tesla | |
Catalan | Nikola Tesla |
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