electromotive force
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Kirchhoff’s Loop Rule states that the sum of the voltage drops across resistors, inductors, and capacitors is equal to the total electromotive force in a closed circuit.
From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016
Applying Kirchhoff’s Loop Rule to this circuit, we let E denote the electromotive force supplied by the voltage generator.
From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016
The electromotive force becomes the right-hand side of Equation 4.24.
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We thus use the name electromotive force, abbreviated emf.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
The watt is the work per second done by an electromotive force of 1 volt in driving a current of 1 ampere, and is equal to 10 million ergs or 1 joule per second.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
