Found 2 items, similar to Volta.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Volta
Volta
n : Italian physicist after whom the volt is named; studied
electric currents and invented the voltaic pile
(1745-1827) [syn:
Count Alessandro Volta,
Conte Alessandro Volta
,
Conte Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Volta
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]