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]