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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Electro-motive

· E·lec·tro-mo·tive · IPA
01 a. Producing electro-motion; producing, or tending to produce, electricity or an electric current; causing electrical action or effects.
  1. 1.
    Producing electro-motion; producing, or tending to produce, electricity or an electric current; causing electrical action or effects.
Phrases & compounds
Electro-motive force — 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.