'Electro-motive force' definitions:

Definition of 'Electro-motive force'

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]

Definition of 'electro-motive force'

From: GCIDE
  • E M F \E. M. F.\ (Physics) An abbreviation for electro-motive force. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]