释义 |
magˌnetoˈmotive, a. [f. magneto- + motive a.] magnetomotive force: a term introduced by R. H. M. Bosanquet to denote the line integral of the magnetizing forces exerted around a magnetic circuit by an electric current interlinked with it.
1883Bosanquet in Philos. Mag. XV. 205, I shall use the expression ‘magnetomotive force’ to indicate the analogue of electromotive force. It is a difference of magnetic potential. 1896S. P. Thompson Dynamo-electric Machinery (ed. 5) 119 The total magnetomotive-force in a magnetic circuit is the sum of the magnetomotive-forces separately produced by each coil of wire. |