electromotor
/ɪˈlɛktrəʊˌməʊtə/noun
1 Electricity. A device producing an electromotive force, a voltaic cell; (also) a metal serving as one of the poles or elements of such a cell. Now historical.
2A machine for applying electricity as a motive power; an electric motor.
adjective
Electricity and Biology. Involving or producing an electromotive force.
Origin
Early 19th century. From electro- + motor, after French électromoteur.