Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a step-up transformer with an air core;
used to produce high voltages at high frequencies;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tesla coil \Tes"la coil\, Tesla transformer \Tes"la
trans*form"er\ [After N. Tesla, American electrician.] (Elec.)
A transformer without iron, for high frequency alternating or
oscillating currents; an oscillation transformer.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Tesla coil
n 1: a step-up transformer with an air core; used to produce
high voltages at high frequencies