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driving force

noun

Definitions

  1. Impetus

    Impetus; a person or thing that causes, stimulates, or motivates something to happen.

    • Many authors see a digital revolution taking place today and stress that this is a driving force behind many changes in companies.
    • Every living creature has a driving force that pushes him in the direction of certain goals.

  2. The force that causes something to move or a physical process to occur.

    • Diffusing particles experience a drift motion in addition to random diffusion, when an external driving force is applied.
    • The total driving force is the sum of two forces: an electrical force (e.g. the negative potential in the cell tends to pull in positively charged ions) and a diffusion force (based on the concentration gradient) (fig. 3-5).
    • The ions transport through the fuel cell electrolytes under the influence of both electrical potential gradient and concentration gradient as the driving forces.

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