ponderomotive

adjective

pon·​dero·​motive

¦pändərō+

: tending to produce movement of a body

—used of mechanical forces of interaction between electric currents and magnetic fields compare electromotive force, magnetomotive force

Word History

Etymology

Latin ponder-, pondus weight + English -o- + motive

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