[vohl-tuh, vol-; It. vawl-tah] 
[-tey; It. -te] . Music. | turn; time (used in phrases): una volta (“once”); prima volta (“first time”). |
| volt 2 also volte (vōlt, vôlt) n. Sports
[French volte, from Italian volta, turn, from voltare, to turn, leap; see vault2.] |
| volte (vōlt, vôlt) n. Sports Variant of volt2. |
| Volta (vōl'tə) Pronunciation Key
Italian physicist who in 1800 invented the voltaic pile, which was the first source of continuous electric current. The volt unit of electromotive force is named for him. |
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