electromotive

[ ih-lek-truh-moh-tiv ]

/ ɪˌlɛk trəˈmoʊ tɪv /

adjective

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

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Origin of electromotive

First recorded in 1800–10; electro- + motive

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Examples from the Web for electromotive

This electromotive force would be the same if there were one lamp or ten thousand lighted.
ABC of Electricity|William Henry Meadowcroft
Helmholtz takes the case of a circuit of resistance R in which acts an electromotive force due to a battery or thermopile.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2|Various
(a) By changing the potential or electromotive force of the current through the cell.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885|Various
Let an electromotive force exactly equal to that of the cell be applied to it in the reverse direction.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2|Various

What may be said of the electromotive force during the second half of the revolution?
Hawkins Electrical Guide, Number One|Nehemiah Hawkins

British Dictionary definitions for electromotive

electromotive

/ (ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈməʊtɪv) /

adjective

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

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Science definitions for electromotive

electromotive

[ ĭ-lĕk′trō-mō′tĭv ]

Capable of accelerating electric charges and creating electric current; having electric potential.