nanotesla

[ nan-uh-tes-luh, ney-nuh‑ ]

noun

, plural nan·o·tes·las.

1. one billionth of a tesla.

Word History and Origins

Origin of nanotesla¹

1965–70

Example Sentences

"It's a really tiny magnetic field. It's about 2-2.5 nanotesla at satellite altitude, which is about 20,000 times weaker than the Earth's global magnetic field," Nils Olsen, from the Technical University of Denmark, told BBC News.

From BBC

The maps on this page use the magnetic unit of a nanoTesla.

From BBC

If this idea is valid, then plugging the frequency of 150 nanoTesla into a complex physics analysis leads to superlong entanglement times, says Ritz.

From US News

The magnetic field, at 150 nanoTesla, was about 300 times weaker than Earth’s magnetic field, so it wouldn’t be expected to confuse the birds in the absence of an entanglement-based navigation system.

From US News