ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does electromotive force mean? 

• ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE (noun)
  The noun ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE has 1 sense:

1. the rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit; expressed in volts

  Familiarity information: ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit; expressed in volts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

electromotive force; emf; voltage

Hypernyms ("electromotive force" is a kind of...):

electrical phenomenon (a physical phenomenon involving electricity)

 Context examples 

Issues associated with the effective electromotive force within a system that fails to oppose the passage of current in a specified direction.

(Failure to Deliver Countershock Medical Device Problem, Food and Drug Administration)

A device designed to introduce electromotive force to a circuit, usually a coil surrounding a wire.

(Inductor Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

A SI derived unit of an electric potential and electromotive force equal to one thousandth of a volt.

(Millivolt, NCI Thesaurus)

A SI unit of an electric potential and electromotive force equal to one millionth of a volt.

(Microvolt, NCI Thesaurus)

A SI derived unit of magnetic flux, equal to the flux that produces in a circuit of one turn an electromotive force of one millivolt, when the flux is uniformly reduced to zero within one minute.

(Millivolt Minute, NCI Thesaurus)

A SI derived unit of magnetic flux, equal to the flux that produces in a circuit of one turn an electromotive force of one microvolt, when the flux is uniformly reduced to zero within one second.

(Microvolt Second, NCI Thesaurus)