Electro-motive

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Electro-motive \E*lec`tro-mo"tive\, a.
     Producing electro-motion; producing, or tending to produce,
     electricity or an electric current; causing electrical action
     or effects.
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     {Electro-motive force} (Physics), 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.
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