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Webster 1913 Edition
Volt
1.
(Man.)
A circular tread; a gait by which a horse going sideways round a center makes two concentric tracks.
2.
(Fencing)
A sudden movement to avoid a thrust.
Volt
,Noun.
[After Alessandro
Volta
, the Italian electrician.] (Elec.)
The unit of electro-motive force; – defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by United States Statute as, that electro-motive force which steadily applied to a conductor whose resistance is one ohm will produce a current of one ampère. It is practically equivalent to 1000⁄1434 the electro-motive force of a standard Clark’s cell at a temperature of 15° C.
Webster 1828 Edition
Volt
VOLT
,Noun.
1.
a round or circular tread; a gait of two treads, made by a horse going sideways round a center.2.
In fencing, a sudden movement or leap to avoid a thrust.Volta, in Italian music, signifies that the part is to be repeated one, two or more times.