electromotive force : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: electromotive force	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for electromotive force
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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 Synonym(s): voltage, electromotive force, emf
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
E M F \E. M. F.\ (Physics) An abbreviation for {electro-motive force}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. {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.