volta

[ vohl-tuh, vol-; Italian vawl-tah ]

/ ˈvoʊl tə, ˈvɒl-; Italian ˈvɔl tɑ /

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noun, plural vol·te

[vohl-tey, vol-; Italian vawl-te]. /ˈvoʊl teɪ, ˈvɒl-; Italian ˈvɔl tɛ/. Music.

turn; time (used in phrases): una volta (“once”);prima volta (“first time”).

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Origin of volta

1635–45; <Italian: a turn; see volt²

Words nearby volta

Volstead Act, Volsteadism, Volsung, Volsunga Saga, volt, volta, Volta effect, voltage, voltage divider, voltage regulator, voltaic

Other definitions for volta (2 of 2)

Volta

[ vohl-tuh or, Italian vawl-tah for 1; vol-tuh, vohl- for 2 ]

/ ˈvoʊl tə or, Italian ˈvɔl tɑ for 1; ˈvɒl tə, ˈvoʊl- for 2 /

noun

Count A·les·san·dro

[ah-les-sahn-draw], /ˌɑ lɛsˈsɑn drɔ/, 1745–1827, Italian physicist.

a river in W Africa, in Ghana, formed by the confluence of the Black Volta and the White Volta and flowing S into the Bight of Benin. About 250 miles (400 km) long; with branches about 1,240 miles (1,995 km) long.

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How to use volta in a sentence

This funding will help build out the US battery industry, but there are still billions of dollars and many years ahead, says Jeff Chamberlain, CEO of battery-focused venture capital firm Volta.
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You’re looking for a bit of shade on a scorching day … go to Volta ParkIf you don’t want to be completely surrounded by concrete, check out the small pool within Georgetown’s leafy Volta Park.
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However, 10 Volta’s eels firing together could, in theory, power something like 100 light bulbs, de Santana says.
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The subsidiary fair, Volta, was crackling; there, I ran into Katelijne de Backer of the Armory.
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Volta actually made this battery, then known as the Voltaic Pile, but he made it because of Galvani's discovery.
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Volta came to see them as produced by chemical action upon two dissimilar metals.
Steam Steel and Electricity|James W. Steele
Volta was one of these, and he also furnished, as will hereafter be seen, a name for one of the units of electrical measurement.
Steam Steel and Electricity|James W. Steele
Back to the Volta, the boundary line between the two empires, fled the routed Ashantees.
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"No" shouts a woman who sells fruit, and who was one of a group on the corner of Via Alessandro Volta.
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British Dictionary definitions for volta (1 of 3)

volta

/ (ˈvɒltə, Italian ˈvɔlta) /

noun plural -te (Italian -te)

a quick-moving Italian dance popular during the 16th and 17th centuries

a piece of music written for or in the rhythm of this dance, in triple time

Word Origin for volta

C17: from Italian: turn; see volt ²

British Dictionary definitions for volta (2 of 3)

Volta¹

/ (ˈvɒltə) /

noun

a river in W Africa, formed by the confluence of the Black Volta and the White Volta in N central Ghana: flows south to the Bight of Benin: the chief river of Ghana. Length: 480 km (300 miles); (including the Black Volta) 1600 km (1000 miles)

Lake Volta an artificial lake in Ghana, extending 408 km (250 miles) upstream from the Volta River Dam on the Volta River: completed in 1966. Area: 8482 sq km (3275 sq miles)

British Dictionary definitions for volta (3 of 3)

Volta²

/ (ˈvəʊltə, Italian ˈvɔlta) /

noun

Count Alessandro (alesˈsandro). 1745–1827, Italian physicist after whom the volt is named. He made important contributions to the theory of current electricity and invented the voltaic pile (1800), the electrophorus (1775), and an electroscope

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Scientific definitions for volta

Volta

[ vōl′tə ]

Count Alessandro 1745-1827

Italian physicist who in 1800 invented the voltaic pile, which was the first source of continuous electric current. The volt unit of electromotive force is named for him.