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noun Electricity.

the energy available for conversion from nonelectric to electric form, or vice versa, per unit of charge passing through the source of the energy; the potential difference between the terminals of a source of electrical energy: expressed in volts. Abbreviations: emf, EMF, E.M.F., e.m.f.

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Also called pressure.

Origin of electromotive force

First recorded in 1825–35

Words nearby electromotive force

electromerism, electrometallurgy, electrometeor, electrometer, electromotive, electromotive force, electromotive series, electromyogram, electromyograph, electromyography, electron

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How to use electromotive force in a sentence

Yet for a vivid decade or so, sleaze was, somewhat paradoxically, a force for literacy and empowerment.
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Shortly after dawn, there was another outbreak of deadly force.
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And Air Force assessors are the first to say such imaging never tells the whole story.
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Detectives with a fugitive task force caught up with Polanco and a friend on a Bronx street in the early afternoon.
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The Pentagon said Faal served in the Air Force for seven years, during which time he became a U.S. citizen.
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The Goliath wouldn't answer; the Dublin said the force was coming off, and we could not get into touch with the soldiers at all.
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For this use of the voice in the special service of will-power, or propelling force, it is necessary first to test its freedom.
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But you are mistaken in thinking the force west consists of the entire Merrill Horse.
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She and her younger sister, Janet, had quarreled a good deal through force of unfortunate habit.
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In the time of destruction they shall pour out their force: and they shall appease the wrath of him that made them.
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British Dictionary definitions for electromotive force

electromotive force

noun

physics

a source of energy that can cause a current to flow in an electrical circuit or device
the rate at which energy is drawn from this source when unit current flows through the circuit or device, measured in voltsAbbreviation: emf, EMF Symbol: E Compare potential difference

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Scientific definitions for electromotive force

electromotive force

Electric potential or voltage. Electromotive force is not really a force, but a measure of how much work would be done by moving an electric charge.

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