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Noun: electromotive series
  1. A serial arrangement of metallic elements or ions according to their electrode potentials determined under specified conditions; the order shows the tendency of one metal to reduce the ions of any other metal below it in the series
    "In the electromotive series, lithium is at the top as the most easily oxidized metal";
    - electromotive force series, electrochemical series

Derived forms: electromotive series

Type of: series

Encyclopedia: Electromotive series