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electromotive

[ ih-lek-truh-moh-tiv ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to, producing, or tending to produce a flow of electricity.


electromotive

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adjective

  1. of, concerned with, producing, or tending to produce an electric current
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electromotive

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  1. Capable of accelerating electric charges and creating electric current; having electric potential.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of electromotive1

First recorded in 1800–10; electro- + motive
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As long as all the grid-connected generators are balanced with the power demand on the grid, the torque applied by the turbine is precisely balanced by the electromotive force in the coils.

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He went on to show that the total heat produced in any voltaic circuit was proportional to the electromotive force E of the battery and to the number of equivalents electrolysed in it.

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From this result Thomson proceeded to calculate the electromotive forces required to effect chemical changes of different kinds, and those of various types of voltaic cell.

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As this time is greater than half the period, it occurs that an opposing electromotive force begins to act while the current is still flowing.

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Whatever sets up the electric disturbance, whether it be the action of sulphuric acid on zinc, or caustic potash on iron, etc., is called electromotive force, generally abbreviated E.M.F.

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