nikola tesla

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nikola tesla - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Nikola Tesla
      n 1: 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) [syn: Tesla,
           Nikola Tesla]