tesla

3 definitions found

tesla - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  tesla
      n 1: a unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per
           square meter
      2: 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]

tesla - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

  TESLA
         Timed Efficient Stream Loss-tolerant Authentication (RFC 4082)
         

tesla - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Tesla, WV
    Zip code(s): 26629