tesla
- noun
- /ˈtɛzlə/
- Specialized
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tesla
- a, b: Spectra obtained at a magnetic field of 12 tesla for the two polarizations of the pump that are resonant with the lowest magnetoexciton.
- magnetic field of 1.5 tesla
It's inventor compared himself to Steve Jobs and explained that the Juicero squeezed Juice with the force of two Teslas.
- It's inventor compared himself to Steve Jobs and explained that the Juicero squeezed Juice with the force of two Teslas.
Examples
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So gyromagnetic ratio can be specified in either radians per second per Tesla or in Hertz per Tesla.
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At Tallahassee, the most dramatic equipment is a 45-tesla hybrid magnet system, intended to provide users with a world-record steady field of 45 T in a 32-mm bore.
Academic text (1994) -
So I bought this one which is called a one Tesla TS made by a company called one Tesla.
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When the bed is subjected to a strong 7-tesla magnetic field, each particle warms a few degrees because of the magnetocaloric effect.
Academic text (1994) -
(One gauss, the customary unit, equals 10^-4 tesla.)
Academic text (2002) -
After three more decades of development, we have Nb-Ti cable for the 6.6-tesla magnets of the Superconducting Super Collider.
Academic text (1993) -
For the sample characterized in figure 7a, the classical cyclotron radius comes to equal the radius of the holes at a field strength of about 1 tesla.
Academic text (1994) -
This construction feature, called an air core, prevents the saturation of iron that would normally occur in a field of 1.7 tesla—about twice the strength of the magnetic field in a conventional motor.
Academic text (2001) -
When combined with the PPMS base platform, the option provides users with a fully automated instrument capable of measuring heat capacity on small solid samples of about 1 to 500 mg in a temperature range from 1.9 to 350 K and in magnetic fields of up to 14 tesla.
Academic text (1997) -
In scientific experiments, the strength of the magnetic field is often measured in tesla.
Compounds
- Specialized
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6.9
A device that makes very strong, quickly changing electric voltages and sparks
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tesla is named after the inventor Nikola Tesla, who worked with electricity and magnets. A tesla measures how strong a magnetic field is, so the unit honors his work, much like the unit watt names a measure of power after another scientist.