: a unit of magnetic flux density in the meter-kilogram-second system equivalent to one weber per square meter
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For example, the magnets in the rapid cycling synchrotrons must change fields by several tesla almost instantly.
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Byadrian Cho, science.org, 28 Mar. 2024
For example, the material’s maximum saturation flux density, a measure of how strongly magnetized the material can become, is 1.5 teslas—well below the 2 T limit of ordinary electric steel.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Mar. 2024
The magnet demonstrated a magnetic field that measured 20 tesla.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 July 2023
These scanners can range from below 0.55 tesla (T) to 3 T and beyond, where tesla is the unit for the static magnetic field strength.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Jan. 2023
The magnetic field reached twenty tesla.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2021
Here, in a community space open to the public, were microscopes, pipettes, centrifuges, a PCR machine, an industrial freezer, an enormous tesla coil, and a few dozen exuberant people delighted to show me around and teach me.
—Guest, Discover Magazine, 10 June 2015
The permanent magnets generate only 0.055 tesla, so no magnetic shielding is needed (standard MRI scanners use 1.5- or 3-tesla fields).
—Simon Makin, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2021
The plan was to run a current through it, resulting in a magnetic field of twenty tesla.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2021
Byadrian Cho, science.org, 28 Mar. 2024
For example, the material’s maximum saturation flux density, a measure of how strongly magnetized the material can become, is 1.5 teslas—well below the 2 T limit of ordinary electric steel.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Mar. 2024
The magnet demonstrated a magnetic field that measured 20 tesla.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 July 2023
These scanners can range from below 0.55 tesla (T) to 3 T and beyond, where tesla is the unit for the static magnetic field strength.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Jan. 2023
The magnetic field reached twenty tesla.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2021
Here, in a community space open to the public, were microscopes, pipettes, centrifuges, a PCR machine, an industrial freezer, an enormous tesla coil, and a few dozen exuberant people delighted to show me around and teach me.
—Guest, Discover Magazine, 10 June 2015
The permanent magnets generate only 0.055 tesla, so no magnetic shielding is needed (standard MRI scanners use 1.5- or 3-tesla fields).
—Simon Makin, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2021
The plan was to run a current through it, resulting in a magnetic field of twenty tesla.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2021
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tesla
noun
tes·la
ˈtes-lə 
: a unit of magnetic flux density in the mks system equivalent to one weber per square meter
Biographical Definition
Tesla
biographical name
Tes·la
ˈte-slə
Nikola 1856–1943 American (Croatian-born) electrical engineer and inventor
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