Collective noun for a group of Teslas

[TEG]

Well, OK, but some people do use 'gaggle' more generically sometimes.

gaggle definition | Dictionary.com

4. an assortment of related things.

School, on the other hand, can imply that you are still needing education and haven't graduated yet. Tesla would probably prefer to be out of school by now.
school definition | Dictionary.com

6. the activity or process of learning under instruction

 

[vfx]

A coulomb of Teslas?

Also taken.

 

[ChargeIt!]

Not gaggle.... makes it sounds like a bunch of turkeys.
I also don't like terms related to quantum mechanics. Nikola Tesla is known for E&M, not so much quantum (except perhaps among fans of pseudo-science).

Related: Do we have a different collective noun when referring to the make or the model?
For the make, I prefer "a coil of Teslas."
But for the model, I prefer "a charge of Roadsters."

I also do not like "gaggle" ... and Doug points out a good distinction to be made (make vs. model). And I agree with "a charge of Roadsters", but for the make would propose "a field of Teslas" ... as in electric and magnetic field.

 

[doug]

... I agree with "a charge of Roadsters", but for the make would propose "a field of Teslas" ... as in electric and magnetic field.

Meant to respond to this a while back. Was recently reminded of it.

I think "field" is just great. It works on so many levels. This will be a bit much, but I'll give a few reasons.

• Of course there is the magnetic field, as ChargeIt! mentions. Moreover, the SI (mks) unit for magnetic field strength (magnitude) is called the Tesla (T). 1 Tesla = 10000 gauss (cgs unit)
• Field is essentially already a collective noun, implying a collection of objects on a 2D surface. E.g. a field of wheat, rocks, children, etc. So it's easy to understand what's meant when one says a field of Tesla(s).
• Those who have had some vector calc, might be familiar with concept of the vector field (special case of a tensor field). I picture each car representing an arrow in some arbitrary vector function on a surface forming a vector field.
• The word "field" has a variety of different yet well defined meanings and uses ranging from sports and warfare to mathematics and science, thus adding to it's nuance. Ok I'll stop there.

Anyhow...

a charge of Roadsters


a field of Teslas


Really this picture looks like vector field you'd see in fluid mechanics. There's a drain at the upper right... retarded flow at the boundaries, higher fluid velocity at the center which draws the flow inward from the edges...

Of course traffic is often modeled with fluid dynamics. And under certain conditions the mathematics of fluids and that of electricity and magnetism are identical. See, it all comes full circle. :tongue:

 

[vfx]

Yeah that AGB article on the rally asked the question out loud.

I like field, Coil and Bolt.

Bolt might be reserved for Supercar EVs.

 

[malcolm]

"A Surge of Teslas"

 

[ChargeIt!]

Yeah ... what Doug said ... is what I meant ... sounds like Doug went to the same "school" I did, he just happens to better (more eloquent) at expressing in more detail what I was trying to say with field. And charge ... :smile:

 

[vfx]

Yeah ... what Doug said ... is what I meant ... sounds like Doug went to the same "school" I did, he just happens to better (more eloquent) at expressing in more detail what I was trying to say with field. And charge ... :smile:

"Field" is a bit common.


Main Entry: field
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: catch a hit or thrown object
Synonyms: cover, deal with, deflect, handle, hold, occupy, patrol, pick up, play, retrieve, return, stop, turn aside
Main Entry: field
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: open land that can be cultivated
Synonyms: acreage, cropland, enclosure, farmland, garden, glebe, grassland, green, ground, lea, mead, meadow, moorland, pasture, patch, plot, ranchland, range, terrain, territory, tillage, tract, vineyard

 

[mt2]

Think I'll throw in another vote for "field". It does work on so many levels. One more I'd toss into the mix -

• A "field" brings to mind a the green (I'm getting tired of that word) aspect of the car as I visualize a collection of Roadsters in a field of wildflowers.

Okay, enough sappiness. Perhaps we should have two terms. A "bolt" is a collection of Teslas in motion, while a "field" is a collection of Teslas at rest.

Has "an excitement of Teslas" been mentioned yet?

 

[PeterW]

Someone brought this up on the comments page on another site. Now I can not
find the site. But anyway:

One response was "A battery of Tesla's"

 

[graham]

One response was "A battery of Tesla's"

Only when there are 6831 of them...

 

[dpeilow]

To go along with "Battery of Teslas" would be "Pack of Teslas".
(Batteries tend to travel in packs)


But we have it easy... At least I think we agree that "Teslas" is plural.


Not so easy for the Prius folks:

Octopus -> Octopai
Fungus -> Fungai
Prius->Priai ? Prius-> Priuses?
TOYOTA OPEN ROAD BLOG: The Plural of Prius

They're at it again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOShBDyQ72A

 

[zack]

Since geese have two different words associated with their grouping (skein while in flight, gaggle while grounded) we should have two different words for Teslas when parked vs. motoring. Perhaps a field of Teslas when parked and a charge of Teslas when in motion.

 

[doug]

Since geese have two different words associated with their grouping (skein while in flight, gaggle while grounded) we should have two different words for Teslas when parked vs. motoring. Perhaps a field of Teslas when parked and a charge of Teslas when in motion.

When I read that, my brain immediately changed the last sentence to "Perhaps a field of Teslas when parked and a flux of Teslas when in motion.

 

[zack]

8^D love it!

 

[vfx]

A Coil of Teslas seems to have caught on here in So Cl.

 

[DaveD]

A Coil of Teslas seems to have caught on here in So Cl.

I'm OK with that: http://www.forestmoon.com/Gallery/#item=Galleries/Tesla/Tesla-WA Scenic Drive 2009/DSC_3044.jpg

 

[Nik]

I believe we already covered this elsewhere but we now have to settle on a descriptor for a bunch of Teslas.

Would the collecive noun for the roadster gliders or the 'S' bodyshells be a Potential?

 

[vfx]

Would the collecive noun for the roadster gliders or the 'S' bodyshells be a Potential?

Look at that "S car" go!

Hopefully this is the last time someone makes this joke.

 

[mpt]

yep :biggrin: