tesla

Noun tesla has 2 senses

• tesla(n = noun.quantity) - a unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter;
is a kind of flux density unit
has parts: gauss

• tesla(n = noun.person) 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);
is a kind of electrical engineer, artificer, discoverer, inventor