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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VOLT, n. [L. volutus, volvo.]
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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt; equivalent to the potential difference across a resistance of 1 ohm when 1 ampere of current flows through it [syn: volt, V]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: French volte, from Italian volta turn, from voltare to turn, from Vulgar Latin *volvitare, frequentative of Latin volvere to roll — more at voluble Date: 1688 1. a leaping movement in fencing to avoid a thrust 2. a. a tread or gait in which a horse going sideways makes a turn around a center b. a circle traced by a horse in this movement II. noun Etymology: Alessandro Volta Date: 1873 the practical meter-kilogram-second unit of electrical potential difference and electromotive force equal to the difference of potential between two points in a conducting wire carrying a constant current of one ampere when the power dissipated between these two points is equal to one watt and equivalent to the potential difference across a resistance of one ohm when one ampere is flowing through it

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. the SI unit of electromotive force, the difference of potential that would carry one ampere of current against one ohm resistance. Usage: Abbr.: V. Etymology: A. Volta, It. physicist d. 1827 2. v. & n. --v.intr. Fencing make a volte. --n. var. of VOLTE. Etymology: F volter (as VOLTE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Volt Volt, n. [F. volte; cf. It. volta. See Vault.] 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Volt Volt, n. [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 amp[`e]re. It is practically equivalent to 1000/1434 the electro-motive force of a standard Clark's cell at a temperature of 15[deg] C.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(volts) A volt is a unit used to measure the force of an electric current. N-COUNT