Onetime Edison protégé (5)

I believe the answer is:

tesla

(Other definitions for tesla that I've seen before include "Unit of magnetic flux density" , "Inventor" , "Californian company specialising in electric cars" , "Physics unit" , "Inventive sort" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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