Definition of Magnetomotive force

1. Noun. The force that produces magnetic flux.

Generic synonyms: Force

Definition of Magnetomotive force

1. Noun. (physics) the force associated with a magnetic field and that produces magnetic flux; it is the work required to carry a magnetic monopole of unit strength once round a magnetic circuit; measured in ampere-turns ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Magnetomotive Force

magnetoimpedance
magnetoionic
magnetokinesis
magnetologic
magnetological
magnetology
magnetoluminescence
magnetomechanics
magnetometer
magnetometers
magnetometery
magnetometric
magnetometries
magnetometry
magnetomotive
magnetomotive force (current term)
magnetomotive force unit
magnetomotor
magneton
magnetons
magnetooptical
magnetooptics
magnetooscillation
magnetooscillations
magnetopause
magnetopauses
magnetophonon
magnetophonons
magnetophoreses
magnetophoresis

Literary usage of Magnetomotive force

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Course in Electrical Engineering by Chester Laurens Dawes (1922)
"magnetomotive force Method.—In the synchronous impedance method of determining regulation, a voltage was substituted for armature reaction or for a ..."

2. Electrical Engineering: The Theory and Characteristics of Electrical by Clarence Victor Christie (1917)
"magnetomotive force.—The difference of magnetic potential or the line integral of the magnetic force between two points is called the magnetomotive force ..."

3. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1908)
"The magnetomotive force which the primary magnetizing current impresses upon the primary teeth has been replaced by electromotive forces ..."

4. Practical Calculation of Dynamo-electric Machines: A Manual for Electrical by Alfred Eugene Wiener (1901)
"But this quotient multiplied by the length of the circuit gives the magnetomotive force required for that circuit, and consequently represents the ..."

5. Hawkins Electrical Guide: Questions, Answers & Illustrations; a Progressive by Nehemiah Hawkins (1917)
"magnetomotive force.—This is a force similar to electromotive force, that is, magnetic pressure. When a coil passes around a core several times, ..."

6. The Alternate Current Transformer in Theory and Practice by John Ambrose Fleming (1896)
"The same magnetomotive force will not always produce the same magnetic induction. ... A given magnetomotive force produces an enormously greater induction ..."

7. The Electrical Engineer (1893)
"ON THE ORIGIN OF THE FACTOR 4 r IN THE EXPRESSION FOR THE magnetomotive force OF A COIL. BY AE KENNELLY. The magnetomotive force of a coil or solenoid is ..."

8. Scientific papers of the Bureau of Standards by United States National Bureau of Standards (1909)
"that the whole applied magnetomotive force is used to magnetize the test specimens. The reluctance of the yokes must, however, be taken into consideration. ..."

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