'Electro-motive' definitions:
Definition of 'Electro-motive'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]