1.
[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;
The 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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