tesla

Definitions

1. A surname from Serbo-Croatian.
2. A car manufactured by Tesla, Inc., a battery electric vehicle (BEV) automaker founded in 2003.
3. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of magnetic flux density or magnetic inductivity.
4. Inventor and physicist Nikola Tesla (1856–1943).

Equivalents

15 more languages

العربيةتِسْلَا

Bosanskiteslaтесла

Catalàtesla

Češtinatesla

Ελληνικάτέσλα

Suomitesla

Hrvatskiteslaтесла

Italianotesla

日本語テスラ

한국어테슬라

Polskitesla

Portuguêstesla

Русскийтесла

Српскиteslaтесла

Svenskatesla

Examples

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

“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 if the auto-pilot self-driving software isn’t released soon they’ll have⟳ to actually learn⟳ to drive⟳ rather than just leaving the cars plugged in all day.”

“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.”

“I felt deja vu as I recalled a video in which a Tesla owner slammed on the brakes after his car appeared set⟳ on crashing headlong into a construction site.”

“But we think⟳ the wealthy are living in Silicon Valley with their Teslas, at-home espresso machines, and live-in nannies.”

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