Volta

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Volta
    n 1: Italian physicist after whom the volt is named; studied
         electric currents and invented the voltaic pile (1745-1827)
         [syn: {Volta}, {Count Alessandro Volta}, {Conte Alessandro
         Volta}, {Conte Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio
         Volta}]
    2: a river in Ghana that flows south to the Bight of Benin

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Volta \Vol"ta\, n.; pl. {Volte}. [It. 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; as, una
   volta, once. Seconda volta, second time, points to certain
   modifications in the close of a repeated strain.
   [1913 Webster]