Hypertext Webster Gateway: "volta"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Volta
n : 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}]
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