noun
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
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑electrical engineer, ↑inventor, ↑discoverer, ↑artificer
Useful english dictionary. 2012.