See Also: electromotive(medicine)
electromotive(dictionary)
electromotive force(medicine)
electromotive force(encyclopedia)
teutonic(medicine)
Teutonic(dictionary)
Teutonic(dictionary)
Teutonic Order(encyclopedia)
Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork(tourism)

electromotive force (sh) and Teutonic (iou)


electromotive force (sh)




Energy per unit electric charge that is imparted by an energy source, such as an electric generator or a battery.

As the device does work on the electric charge being transferred within itself, energy is converted from one form to another. The work done on a unit of electric charge or the energy gained by the unit charge is the electromotive force emf (or E) and is characteristic of any energy source capable of driving electric charge around a circuit. A common unit of electromotive force is the volt V, a unit equal to the difference in electric potential between two points in a conductor carrying a current of one ampere and dissipating one watt of power between the two points.


Teutonic (iou)



Teutonic adjective & noun. E17.
[French teutonique from Latin Teutonicus, from Teutones: see TEUTON, -IC.]
A. adjective.
1. Hist. Of or pertaining to the former northern European people known as the Teutons. E17.
2. Designating or pertaining to the Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family or the Germanic-speaking peoples. arch. E17.
J. R. McCulloch The Normans, as well as the Saxons, were of Teutonic extraction.
b. Of or pertaining to the Germans; German; displaying the characteristics attributed to Germans. M17.
Sunday Times German youths..schooled in Teutonic ideals of discipline, courage, skill.
Special collocations: Teutonic cross Heraldry a silver-rimmed elongated black cross, being the badge of the Teutonic Knights. Teutonic Knights, Teutonic Order (of Knights) a military and religious order of German knights, priests, etc., founded c 1191 as the Teutonic Knights of St Mary of Jerusalem for service during the Third Crusade, and which later conquered areas of Russia and the Baltic provinces; the Order was re-established as an honorary ecclesiastical institution in Austria in 1834 and reformed in 1929.
B. noun.
1. = GERMANIC noun. Formerly also spec., the German language. arch. E17.
2. = TEUTON 2. rare. M-L17.
3. A Teutonic Knight. Usu. in pl. L17-L18.
Teutonically adverb in the manner of a Teuton or German; in characteristically German style: M19.
Teutonicism noun Teutonic or German quality; a Teutonic expression; a Teutonism: M19.