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thermoelectromotive

thermoelectromotive adjective: that produces an electric current by the application of heat.

Adjective

thermoelectromotive (not comparable)

  1. That 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 of thermoelectromotive

From thermo- + electromotive.

Questions about thermoelectromotive

What does thermoelectromotive mean?
Thermoelectromotive means that produces an electric current by the application of heat.
What part of speech is thermoelectromotive?
Thermoelectromotive is an adjective.

Words near thermoelectromotive in the dictionary

  1. thermoelectricity
  2. thermoelectrics
  3. thermoelectrometer
  4. thermoelectrometers
  5. thermoelectrometry
  6. thermoelectromotive
  7. thermoelectron
  8. thermoelectronic
  9. thermoelectronics
  10. thermoelectrons
  11. thermoelement

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