noun
- plural of nanotesla; units of magnetic field strength equal to one billionth of a tesla
Usage: scientific; physics
Examples
- The Earth’s magnetic field measures about 50,000 nanoteslas.
- Scientists detected magnetic anomalies of just a few nanoteslas.
- The magnetometer can measure fields as weak as 10 nanoteslas.
- Brain activity produces magnetic fields of only a few nanoteslas.
- The instrument’s sensitivity extends down to single nanoteslas.
- Magnetic storms can cause variations of thousands of nanoteslas.