- a quick-moving Italian dance popular during the 16th and 17th centuries
- a piece of music written for or in the rhythm of this dance, in triple time
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vol•ta
(vōl′tə, vol′-; It. vôl′tä),USA pronunciation n., pl. -te (-tā; It. -te).USA pronunciation [Music.]
Vol•ta (vōl′tə or, It. vôl′tä for 1; vol′tə, vōl′- for 2),USA pronunciation n.
- Music and Danceturn;
time (used in phrases):una volta("once'');
prima volta ("first time'').
- Italian: a turn; see volt2
- 1635–45
Vol•ta (vōl′tə or, It. vôl′tä for 1; vol′tə, vōl′- for 2),USA pronunciation n.
- Place Namesa river in W Africa, in Ghana, formed by the confluence of the Black Volta and the White Volta and flowing S into the Bight of Benin. ab. 250 mi. (400 km) long;
with branches ab. 1240 mi. (1995 km) long.
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volta /ˈvɒltə; Italian: ˈvɔlta/ n ( pl -te /Italian: -te/)
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Volta /ˈvɒltə/ n
- a river in W Africa, formed by the confluence of the Black Volta and the White Volta in N central Ghana: flows south to the Bight of Benin: the chief river of Ghana. Length: 480 km (300 miles); (including the Black Volta) 1600 km (1000 miles)
- Lake Volta ⇒ an artificial lake in Ghana, extending 408 km (250 miles) upstream from the Volta River Dam on the Volta River: completed in 1966. Area: 8482 sq km (3275 sq miles)
Volta /ˈvəʊltə; Italian: ˈvɔlta/ n
- Count Alessandro ( alesˈsandro ). 1745–1827, Italian physicist after whom the volt is named. He made important contributions to the theory of current electricity and invented the voltaic pile (1800), the electrophorus (1775), and an electroscope
'volta' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Black Volta
- Burkina Faso
- French West Africa
- Slave Coast
- Upper Volta
- volt
- Volta Redonda
- volte-face
- White Volta
- bivoltine
- contact potential
- vault
- Volta effect
- voltaic
- voltaic battery
- voltaic cell
- voltaic couple
- voltaic electricity
- voltaic pile
- voltaism
- voltameter