Look up: volta

1. Volta
   Italian term for the change in feeling which occurs between the octave and sestet in some sonnets.
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2. Volta
   [n] - Italian physicist after whom the volt is named
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3. Volta
   Vol'ta noun ; plural Volte . [ Italian 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; a...
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4. Volta
   Count Alessandro Volta noun Italian physicist after whom the volt is named; studied electric currents and invented the voltaic pile (1745-1827)
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5. Volta
   • (n.) 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.
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6. volta
   (from the article `Greece`) In the hot summers social life in Greece tends to be conducted outdoors. In small towns and villages the tradition of the volta continues, when much ...
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7. volta
   the turn in thought in a sonnet that is often indicated by such initial words as But, Yet, or And yet.
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8. Volta
   The Volta was a French Mogador Class destroyer (contre-torpilleurs) of 2884 tons displacement launched in 1936. The Volta had a top speed of 38 knots and carried a complement of 238. Armaments consisted of eight 5.5-inch guns; four 37 mm anti-aircraft guns; four 13 mm anti-aircraft guns, four depth ...
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9. Volta
   Volta (vól'tu) , river, c.290 mi (470 km) long, formed in central Ghana, W Africa, by the confluence of the Black Volta (or Mouhon, c.840 mi/1,350 km long) and the White Volta (or Nakambe, c.450 mi/720 km long), both of which rise in Burkina Faso. The river flows generally south, through a ...
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10. Volta
    Main river in Ghana, about 1,600 km/1,000 mi long, with two main upper branches, the Black Volta and White Volta. It has been dammed at Akosombo to provide power
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11. Volta
    (crater) `Volta` is a lunar crater near the northwest limb of the Moon. It is located south-southeast of the crater Xenophanes, and due north of the smaller Galvani. The crater Regnault lies across the western rim of Volta. Attached to the southwest rim of Volta and the southern rim of Regnau...
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12. Volta
    `Volta` may refer to: People: :* Volta Prize, an award established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1801–1802, and awarded by the French government scientific achievement in electricity. Named after physicist Alessandro Volta. :* Volta Conference an interwar cycle of cultural meetings, named after ph...
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13. Volta
    (literature) In literature, the `volta`, also referred to as the `turn`, is the shift or point of dramatic change. The term is most frequently used in discussion of sonnet form, in which the volta marks a shift in thought (often from question to answer or problem to solution). It is most freq...
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14. Volta
    (album) | Upper caption = Alternative cover | Type = album | Cover = Björk-Volta-Latin-American-Edition.jpg | Alt = | Lower caption = Latin American and East European editions --> --> `Volta` is the seventh studio album by Icelandic musician Björk, released in May 2007. Produced...
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15. Volta
    (film) `Volta` is a 2004 action-adventure-comedy film starring Ai-Ai de las Alas as Volta. It was released under Star Cinema, ABS-CBN Film Productions. The story revolves around an ordinary woman who was given the power of electricity and used this gift for the common good by be...
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