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amelius
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Practical Transformer Winding (2010)
Or naming companies after physical units (e.g. Tesla).
codingdave
on Dec 27, 2021
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Or naming physical units after people (e.g. Tesla).
FWIW, Tesla the company was named after Tesla the person, not the measurement.
dylan604
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Yeah, the comment you replied is almost troll-like
amelius
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Why? Many professionals use the unit Tesla on a daily basis. It's like someone claiming the word Pixel for their company or product which I'm sure already happened.
formerly_proven
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https://store.google.com/category/phones
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