counterelectromotive

adjective

Describing the force of the voltage in an inductive circuit.

OriginEnglish electromotive ← Middle English motif ← Late Latin mōtīvum →
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Meanings

adjectivecounterelectromotive (not comparable)
  1. not comparablenatural sciencesDescribing the force of the voltage in an inductive circuit.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Proto-Italic*komteros
  6. Proto-Italic*komterād
  7. Latincontrā
  8. Old Frenchcontre-
  9. Anglo-Normancountre-
  10. Middle Englishcounter-
  11. Englishcounter-
  12. Frenchélectro-
  13. Ancient Greekἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)
  14. Latinēlectrum
  15. Latinelectro-
  16. Englishelectro-
  17. Anglo-Normanmotif
  18. Middle Frenchmotif
  19. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  21. Proto-Italic*moweō
  22. Latinmoveō
  23. Latinmōtus
  24. Late Latinmōtīvum
  25. Middle Englishmotif
  26. Englishmotive
  27. Englishelectromotive
  28. Englishcounterelectromotive

From counter- + electromotive.

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Translations

Italian controelettromotrice
  • controelettromotricedescribing the force of the voltage in an inductive circuit
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APA

counterelectromotive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterelectromotive

MLA

“counterelectromotive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterelectromotive. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counterelectromotive,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterelectromotive.

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