/ˈtɛslə/, /ˈtɛslə/, /ˈtɛzlə/
OriginNamed after Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla, from Serbo-Croatian Tesla /Тесла.
- In the International System of Units, the derived unit of magnetic flux density or magnetic inductivity.
“In a draft paper, REBCO wiring has been reported to produce magnetic fields over 35 Tesla; the ARC design only needs 20T fields.”
- A car manufactured by Tesla, Inc., a battery electric vehicle (BEV) automaker founded in 2003.
“If they happen to have shares worth a couple of hundred million each, that’s a bonus, but other than their Teslas and Playstations,^([sic]) they can think of nothing they need to spend it on, although”
“We live in Silicon Valley, home of the gazillionaires you read about with their Teslas and private jets.”
“Add Teslas to the list of items that are costing more money during the pandemic.”
- A surname from Serbo-Croatian.
- Inventor and physicist Nikola Tesla (1856–1943).
Formsteslas(plural) · tesla(plural) · Teslas(plural)
Source: Wiktionary