Category:Volt

Volt, n. Etym: [f. volte; cf. It. volta. See vault.]

1. (man.)

Defn: a circular tread; a gait by which a horse going sideways round A center makes two concentric tracks.

2. (fencing)

Defn: a sudden movement to avoid a thrust.

Volt Volt, n. Etym: [after alessandro volta, the italian electrician.] (elec.)

Defn: 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