volta

2 definitions found

volta - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Volta \Vol"ta\, n.; pl. Volte. [It. volta a turn, turning, a
     time. See Volt a tread.] (Mus.)
     A turning; a time; -- chiefly used in phrases signifying that
     the part is to be repeated one, two, or more times; as, una
     volta, once. Seconda volta, second time, points to certain
     modifications in the close of a repeated strain.
     [1913 Webster]

volta - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Volta
      n 1: Italian physicist after whom the volt is named; studied
           electric currents and invented the voltaic pile (1745-1827)
           [syn: Volta, Count Alessandro Volta, Conte Alessandro Volta
           , Conte Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta
           ]
      2: a river in Ghana that flows south to the Bight of Benin