Define the word electro-motive force"Electro-motive force" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Electro-motive \E*lec`tro-mo"tive\, a.
Producing electro-motion; producing, or tending to produce,
electricity or an electric current; causing electrical action
or effects.
[1913 Webster]
Electro-motive force (Physics), the force which produces,
or tends to produce, electricity, or an electric current;
sometimes used to express the degree of electrification as
equivalent to potential, or more properly difference of
potential.
[1913 Webster]
"electro-motive force" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
E M F \E. M. F.\ (Physics)
An abbreviation for electro-motive force.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
"electromotive force" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
electromotive force
n : the rate at which energy is drawn from a source that
produces a flow of electricity in a circuit; expressed in
volts [syn: voltage, emf]
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