a quick-moving Italian dance popular during the 16th and 17th centuries
2.
a piece of music written for or in the rhythm of this dance, in triple time
Word origin
C17: from Italian: turn; see volt2
Volta in British English1
(ˈvɒltə)
noun
1.
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)
2. Lake Volta
Volta in British English2
(ˈvəʊltə, Italian ˈvɔlta)
noun
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 in American English1
(ˈvɔltɑ)
Conteˌ Alesˈsandro (ˌɑlɛsˈsɑndʀɔ) 1745-1827; It. physicist
Volta in American English2
(ˈvɑltə; ˈvɔltə; ˈvoʊltə)
1.
river in SE Ghana, flowing south from Lake Volta into the Bight of Benin: c. 300 mi (483 km), including Lake Volta
2.
Lakeartificial lake in EC Ghana, formed at the confluence of the Black Volta (300 mi; 483 km) & White Volta (500 mi; 805 km) rivers: 3,283 sq mi (8,503 sq km)
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Black Volta
a river in W Africa , rising in SW Burkina Faso and flowing northeast , then south into Lake Volta : forms part of the border of Ghana with Burkina Faso and with Cô te d'Ivoire. Length: about 800 km (500 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)
Upper Volta
→ Burkina Faso
White Volta
a river in W Africa , rising in N Burkina Faso flowing southwest and south to join the Black Volta in central Ghana and form the Volta River. Length: about 885 km (550 miles)
Volta Redonda
a city in SE Brazil , in Rio de Janeiro state on the Para í ba River: founded in 1941; site of South America's largest steelworks . Pop: 419 000 (2005 est)
Volta's pile
an early form of battery consisting of a pile of paired plates of dissimilar metals, such as zinc and copper, each pair being separated from the next by a pad moistened with an electrolyte