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NIKOLA TESLA
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I. (noun)
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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)
Synonyms:
Nikola Tesla; Tesla
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Instance hypernyms:
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)