counter electromotive force

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noun

Electricity.

an electromotive force that is created by a chemical or magnetic effect upon a circuit and that acts in opposition to the applied electromotive force of the circuit.

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counter electromotive force

There was nothing I could find bearing upon the counter electromotive force of the armature, and the effect of the resistance of the armature on the work given out by the armature.

From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Frank Lewis Dyer

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