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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A transformer that is used as a source of high-frequency alternating current, as for x-ray tubes.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[After Nikola Tesla.]

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