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picotesla

picotesla noun: one trillionth (10⁻¹²) of a tesla.

Noun

picotesla (plural picoteslas)

  1. One trillionth (10⁻¹²) of a tesla.
    • For each of these three methods, amplitude modulation (AM), phase demodulation (DM), and the double-frequency excitation (DF), we observed signals on the order of a few picoteslas at two widely separated receiver sites for both X and O mode heater polarizations.1996, J. Villaseñor, A. Y. Wong, B. Song, J. Pau, M. McCarrick, D. Sentman, “Comparison of ELF/VLF generation modes in the ionosphere by the HIPAS heater array”, in Radio Science, volume 31, number...

Forms of picotesla

pluralpicoteslas

Origin of picotesla

From pico- + tesla.

Questions about picotesla

What does picotesla mean?
Picotesla means one trillionth (10⁻¹²) of a tesla.
What part of speech is picotesla?
Picotesla is a noun.
What is the plural of picotesla?
The plural of picotesla is picoteslas.

Words near picotesla in the dictionary

  1. picotechnology
  2. picoted
  3. picotee
  4. picotees
  5. picotes
  6. picotesla
  7. picoteslas
  8. picoting
  9. picotite
  10. picotiter
  11. picotiter plate

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