tesla

See also: Tesla, teslă, тесла, and тесля

English

Etymology

Named after Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla, from Serbo-Croatian Tesla / Тесла.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɛslə/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɛslə/, /ˈtɛzlə/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛslə, -ɛzlə

Noun

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

  2. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of magnetic flux density or magnetic inductivity.
    Alternative form: T (symbol)
    • 2015 August 18, John Timmer, “Small, modular nuke plant proposed—this time for fusion”, in Ars Technica‎[1]:
      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 [u]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. [6], 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:
  1. The nine-volt battery provides a potential difference of nine volts.
  2. The two-tesla magnet produces a flux density of two teslas.
  • Despite this distinction, the nonstandard plural forms Tesla or tesla are frequently found in scientific and lay literature. (See above quotation.)

Translations

Further reading

Tesla (unit) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Named after Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla.

Noun

tesla m (plural tesles)

  1. tesla

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɛsla]
  • Hyphenation: te‧s‧la

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tesla.

Noun

tesla f

  1. (archaic) adze (cutting tool)
    Synonym: teslice
Declension
Declension of tesla (hard feminine reducible)
singular plural
nominative tesla tesly
genitive tesly tesel
dative tesle teslám
accusative teslu tesly
vocative teslo tesly
locative tesle teslách
instrumental teslou teslami

Etymology 2

Named after Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla.

Noun

tesla f

  1. tesla (SI unit)
Declension
Declension of tesla (hard feminine reducible)
singular plural
nominative tesla tesly
genitive tesly tesel
dative tesle teslám
accusative teslu tesly
vocative teslo tesly
locative tesle teslách
instrumental teslou teslami

Further reading

Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈteslɑ/, [ˈt̪e̞s̠lɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -eslɑ
  • Syllabification(key): tes‧la
  • Hyphenation(key): tes‧la

Noun

tesla

  1. tesla

Declension

Inflection of tesla (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative tesla teslat
genitive teslan teslojen
partitive teslaa tesloja
illative teslaan tesloihin
singular plural
nominative tesla teslat
accusative nom. tesla teslat
gen. teslan
genitive teslan teslojen
teslain rare
partitive teslaa tesloja
inessive teslassa tesloissa
elative teslasta tesloista
illative teslaan tesloihin
adessive teslalla tesloilla
ablative teslalta tesloilta
allative teslalle tesloille
essive teslana tesloina
translative teslaksi tesloiksi
abessive teslatta tesloitta
instructive — tesloin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of tesla (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative teslani teslani
accusative nom. teslani teslani
gen. teslani
genitive teslani teslojeni
teslaini rare
partitive teslaani teslojani
inessive teslassani tesloissani
elative teslastani tesloistani
illative teslaani tesloihini
adessive teslallani tesloillani
ablative teslaltani tesloiltani
allative teslalleni tesloilleni
essive teslanani tesloinani
translative teslakseni tesloikseni
abessive teslattani tesloittani
instructive — —
comitative — tesloineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative teslasi teslasi
accusative nom. teslasi teslasi
gen. teslasi
genitive teslasi teslojesi
teslaisi rare
partitive teslaasi teslojasi
inessive teslassasi tesloissasi
elative teslastasi tesloistasi
illative teslaasi tesloihisi
adessive teslallasi tesloillasi
ablative teslaltasi tesloiltasi
allative teslallesi tesloillesi
essive teslanasi tesloinasi
translative teslaksesi tesloiksesi
abessive teslattasi tesloittasi
instructive — —
comitative — tesloinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative teslamme teslamme
accusative nom. teslamme teslamme
gen. teslamme
genitive teslamme teslojemme
teslaimme rare
partitive teslaamme teslojamme
inessive teslassamme tesloissamme
elative teslastamme tesloistamme
illative teslaamme tesloihimme
adessive teslallamme tesloillamme
ablative teslaltamme tesloiltamme
allative teslallemme tesloillemme
essive teslanamme tesloinamme
translative teslaksemme tesloiksemme
abessive teslattamme tesloittamme
instructive — —
comitative — tesloinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative teslanne teslanne
accusative nom. teslanne teslanne
gen. teslanne
genitive teslanne teslojenne
teslainne rare
partitive teslaanne teslojanne
inessive teslassanne tesloissanne
elative teslastanne tesloistanne
illative teslaanne tesloihinne
adessive teslallanne tesloillanne
ablative teslaltanne tesloiltanne
allative teslallenne tesloillenne
essive teslananne tesloinanne
translative teslaksenne tesloiksenne
abessive teslattanne tesloittanne
instructive — —
comitative — tesloinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative teslansa teslansa
accusative nom. teslansa teslansa
gen. teslansa
genitive teslansa teslojensa
teslainsa rare
partitive teslaansa teslojaan
teslojansa
inessive teslassaan
teslassansa 		tesloissaan
tesloissansa
elative teslastaan
teslastansa 		tesloistaan
tesloistansa
illative teslaansa tesloihinsa
adessive teslallaan
teslallansa 		tesloillaan
tesloillansa
ablative teslaltaan
teslaltansa 		tesloiltaan
tesloiltansa
allative teslalleen
teslallensa 		tesloilleen
tesloillensa
essive teslanaan
teslanansa 		tesloinaan
tesloinansa
translative teslakseen
teslaksensa 		tesloikseen
tesloiksensa
abessive teslattaan
teslattansa 		tesloittaan
tesloittansa
instructive — —
comitative — tesloineen
tesloinensa

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

Anagrams

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

Anagrams

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.sla/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛsla
  • Syllabification: te‧sla
  • Homophone: Tesla

Noun

tesla f

  1. tesla

Declension

Declension of tesla
singular plural
nominative tesla tesle
genitive tesli tesli
dative tesli teslom
accusative teslę tesle
instrumental teslą teslami
locative tesli teslach
vocative teslo tesle

Further reading

  • tesla in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Named after Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtɛz.lɐ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈtɛʒ.lɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtɛz.la/

  • 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
Declension of tesla
singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative tesla teslaua
genitive-dative - -i
vocative

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

tesla f

  1. definite singular nominative/accusative of teslă

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tesla.

Noun

tȅsla f (Cyrillic spelling те̏сла)

  1. adze (cutting tool)
    Synonym: bradva
Declension
Declension of tesla
singular plural
nominative tesla tesle
genitive tesle tesli
dative tesli teslama
accusative teslu tesle
vocative teslo tesle
locative tesli teslama
instrumental teslom teslama

Further reading

  • “tesla”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Etymology 2

Named after Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla.

Noun

tȅsla f (Cyrillic spelling те̏сла)

  1. tesla (SI unit of magnetic flux density)
Declension
Declension of tesla
singular plural
nominative tesla tesle
genitive tesle tesli
dative tesli teslama
accusative teslu tesle
vocative teslo tesle
locative tesli teslama
instrumental teslom teslama

Further reading

  • “tesla”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Swedish

Etymology

Named after Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla.

Noun

tesla c

  1. tesla

Anagrams

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