tesla

English

Etymology

Named after Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla; where Nikola means Nicholas, and Tesla is a Serbian surname. In Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Тесла.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛslə/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

tesla (plural teslas or tesla) (see usage notes)

1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of magnetic flux density or magnetic inductivity. Symbol: T
   • 2015 August 18, John Timmer, “Small, modular nuke plant proposed—this time for fusion”, in Ars Technica‎:

     In a draft paper, REBCO wiring has been reported to produce magnetic fields over 35 Tesla; the ARC design only needs 20T fields.

Usage notes

• The SI brochure (Sec 5.3) notes that nit names are normally printed in upright type and they are treated like ordinary nouns. This includes the normal rules of plural formation.
• The NIST Guide for the Use of SI (Sec. 9.2) states: Plural unit names are used when they are required by the rules of English grammar. They are normally formed regularly, for example, “henries” is the plural of henry. According to Ref. , the following plurals are irregular: Singular —lux, hertz, siemens; Plural —lux, hertz, siemens. (See also Sec. 9.7.) There is no special exception for tesla.
• When using the unit name tesla as an adjective, it is normally not pluralized. Compare the following:

Tesla (unit) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Astle, ETLAs, Slate, Teals, astel, laste, lates, least, leats, salet, setal, slate, stale, steal, stela, taels, tales, teals, telas

Catalan

Etymology

Named after Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla.

Noun

tesla m (plural tesles)

1. tesla

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

tesla

Wikipedia ^cs

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: te‧s‧la

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tesla.

Noun

tesla f

1. (archaic) adze (cutting tool)

   Synonym: teslice

Declension

Etymology 2

Named after Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla.

Noun

tesla f

1. tesla (SI unit)

Declension

Further reading

• tesla in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• tesla in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• tesla in Internetová jazyková příručka

Finnish

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian Tesla. Named after Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteslɑ/,
• Rhymes: -eslɑ
• Syllabification^(key): tes‧la

Noun

tesla

1. tesla

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “tesla”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• lesta

French

Etymology

Named after Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te.sla/

• Audio (Paris)

  (file)

Noun

tesla m (plural teslas)

1. tesla

Further reading

• “tesla”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Anagrams

• tales

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

tesla

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Named after Serbian-American inventor and engineer Nikola Tesla. Doublet of ciosła.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛs.la/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛsla
• Syllabification: tes‧la
• Homophone: Tesla

Noun

tesla f

1. tesla

Declension

Further reading

• tesla in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Named after Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tes‧la

Noun

tesla m (plural teslas)

1. tesla (unit of measurement of magnetic flux density)

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French tesla, named after Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla.

Noun

tesla f (uncountable)

1. tesla

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

tesla f

1. definite singular nominative/accusative of teslă

Serbo-Croatian

Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia has an article on:

tesla (alatka)

Wikipedia ^sh

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tesla.

Noun

tȅsla f (Cyrillic spelling те̏сла)

1. adze (cutting tool)

   Synonym: bradva

Declension

Further reading

• “tesla” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Etymology 2

Named after Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla.

Noun

tȅsla f (Cyrillic spelling те̏сла)

1. tesla (SI unit of magnetic flux density)

Declension

Further reading

• “tesla” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

Etymology

Named after Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla.

Noun

tesla c

1. tesla

Anagrams

• salte, stela