Meanings
adjectivethermoelectromotive (not comparable)
- not comparablenatural sciencesThat produces an electric current by the application of heat
Thus a theoretical limit has been established for a possible increase of the thermoelectromotive force through electron drag by the intrinsic phonons of graphene..
37006 (2013), S.V. Koniakhin, E.D. Eidelman, “Phonon drag thermopower in graphene in equipartition regime”, in EPL, volume 37006
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰer-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰermos
- Proto-Hellenic*kʷʰermós
- Ancient Greekθερμός (thermós)
- Englishthermo-
- Frenchélectro-
- Ancient Greekἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)
- Latinēlectrum
- Latinelectro-
- Englishelectro-
- Anglo-Normanmotif
- Middle Frenchmotif
- Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
- Proto-Italic*moweō
- Latinmoveō
- Latinmōtus
- Late Latinmōtīvum
- Middle Englishmotif
- Englishmotive
- Englishelectromotive
- Englishthermoelectromotive
From thermo- + electromotive.
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APA
thermoelectromotive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thermoelectromotive
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“thermoelectromotive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thermoelectromotive. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thermoelectromotive,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thermoelectromotive.
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