electromotive force
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
electromotive force (countable and uncountable, plural electromotive forces)
- (physics) Potential energy (not force) divided by electric charge; measured in volts
Usage notes[edit]
Despite the name, electromotive force is related to potential energy rather than force. To avoid confusion, ISO and IEC standards recommend using the terms source voltage or source tension instead.[1][2]
Synonyms[edit]
Coordinate terms[edit]
- electric field
- electric potential
- resistance
- inductance
- electrochemical potential
- magnetomotive force
Translations[edit]
potential energy divided by electric charge
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Further reading[edit]
- electromotive force on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References[edit]
- ^ “IEC 60050 - International Electrotechnical Vocabulary - Details for IEV number 131-12-22: "source voltage"”, in www.electropedia.org[1], 2022 December 19 (last accessed)
- ^ “IEC 80000-6:2022”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[2], International Organization for Standardization, 2022 December 19 (last accessed)