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Webster 1913 Edition


Electro-motive

E-lecˊtro-mo′tive

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Adj.
Producing electro-motion; producing, or tending to produce, electricity or an electric current; causing electrical action or effects.
Electro-motive force
(Physics)
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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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Electro-motive

ELECTRO-MO'TIVE

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Adj.
Producing electro-motion; as electro-motive power.