Meanings
nounTesla coil (plural Tesla coils)
plural Tesla coils
- A type of resonant transformer circuit used to produce high-voltage, low-current, high-frequency alternating-current electricity.
Origin
From the inventor Nikola Tesla, around 1891.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian бобина на Тесла
- бобина на Тесла (bobina na Tesla)resonant transformer circuit
Chinese Mandarin 特斯拉線圈 /特斯拉线圈
- 特斯拉線圈 /特斯拉线圈 (Tèsīlā xiànquān)resonant transformer circuit
Finnish teslamuuntaja
- teslamuuntajaresonant transformer circuit
French bobine Tesla
- bobine Teslaresonant transformer circuit
German Teslaspule
- Teslaspuleresonant transformer circuit
Japanese テスラコイル
- テスラコイル (Tesura-koiru)resonant transformer circuit
Russian кату́шка Те́слы
- кату́шка Те́слы (katúška Tɛ́sly)resonant transformer circuit
Turkish Tesla bobini
- Tesla bobiniresonant transformer circuit
Cite this entry
APA
Tesla coil. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tesla%20coil
MLA
“Tesla coil.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tesla%20coil. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tesla coil,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tesla%20coil.
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