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Definition of Electromotive force
1. Noun. The rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit; expressed in volts.
Definition of Electromotive force
1. Noun. (physics) Potential energy (NOT force) divided by electric charge; measured in volts ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Electromotive force
1. The force (measured in volts) that causes the flow of electricity from one point to another. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Electromotive Force
Literary usage of Electromotive force
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell (1904)
"Total electromotive force and Potential. 45.] If the small body carrying the
small charge e be moved from one given point, A, to another B, along a given ..."
2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1888)
"Effect of Chlorine on the electromotive force of a Voltaic Couple." By G. GORE,
FRS Received April 7, 1888. If the electromotive force of a small voltaic ..."
3. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1900)
"THE two-bridge arrangements given by Ostwald' for the measurement of electromotive
force by the aid of the Lipp- mann electrometer are the only two at ..."
4. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"This drop in the electromotive force has led to the belief that the cell is not
reversible. F. Dolezalek, however, has attributed the difference to ..."
5. Principles of Alternating Current Machinery by Ralph Restieaux Lawrence (1920)
"The electromotive force induced in a direct-current generator depends upon ...
In the case of an alternator, however, the electromotive force depends upon ..."
6. Journal by Institution of Electrical Engineers Radio Section (1874)
"ON THE MEASURE OF THE electromotive force OF BATTERIES IN ABSOLUTE UNITS. By MA
CROVA. In reducing into absolute units the electromotive forces of several ..."
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