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From: Taiwan MOE computer dictionary

 electromotive force
 電動勢 EMF

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 E·lec·tro-mo·tive a. Producing electro-motion; producing, or tending to produce, electricity or an electric current; causing electrical action or effects.
 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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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 E. M. F. Physics An abbreviation for electro-motive force.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 electromotive force
      n : the rate at which energy is drawn from a source that
          produces a flow of electricity in a circuit; expressed in
          volts [syn: voltage, emf]