emf
emf
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EMF,
EMF
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emf
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abbreviation
EMF
Scientific
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Abbreviation of electromotive force
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Abbreviation of electromagnetic field
Example Sentences
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A coil is rotated in a magnetic field, producing an alternating current emf, which depends on rotation rate and other factors that will be explored in later sections.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
Figure 21.37 An analog voltmeter attached to a battery draws a small but nonzero current and measures a terminal voltage that differs from the emf of the battery.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
Since no current flows through the galvanometer, none flows through the unknown emf, and so emfx is directly sensed.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
Because a long uniform wire is used for R , the ratio of resistances Rx / Rs is the same as the ratio of the lengths of wire that zero the galvanometer for each emf.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
Or, if it did receive the whole of this pencil, it clearly could not receive the whole of the pencils proceeding from other parts of the image emf.
From Half-hours with the Telescope Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction. by Proctor, Richard A. (Richard Anthony)
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