electromotive force

English

Noun

electromotive force (countable and uncountable, plural electromotive forces)

1. (physics) Potential energy (not force) divided by electric charge; measured in volts

Synonyms

• EMF
• electromotance
• potential difference
• voltage

Coordinate terms

• electric field
• electric potential
• resistance
• inductance
• electrochemical potential
• magnetomotive force

Translations

EMF

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電動勢／电动势 (zh) (diàndòngshì)

• Finnish: sähkömotorinen voima
• Greek: ηλεκτρεγερτική δύναμη f (ilektregertikí dýnami)
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• Indonesian: gaya gerak listrik
• Malay: daya gerak elektrik
• Polish: siła elektromotoryczna (pl) f
• Romanian: forță electromotoare (ro) f
• Spanish: fuerza electromotriz f
• Thai: แรงเคลื่อนไฟฟ้า (rɛɛng-klʉ̂ʉan-fai-fáa)

Further reading

• electromotive force on Wikipedia.Wikipedia