Electro-motive \E*lec`tro-mo"tive\, a.
Producing electro-motion; producing, or tending to produce,
electricity or an electric current; causing electrical action
or effects.
Electro-motive force (Physics), the force which produces,
or tends to produce, electricity, or an electric current;
sometimes used to express the degree of electrification as
equivalent to potential, or more properly difference of
potential.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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