'Volta' definitions:
Definition of 'Volta'
(from WordNet)
noun
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]
noun
A river in Ghana that flows south to the Bight of Benin
Definition of 'Volta'
From: GCIDE
- 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]