Electro-motive force

Electro-motive force
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]


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