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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Volt

/vōlt/ · IPA /voʊlt/
01 n. A circular tread; a gait by which a horse going sideways round a center makes two concentric tracks.
  1. 1.
    A circular tread; a gait by which a horse going sideways round a center makes two concentric tracks.(Man.)
  2. 2.
    A sudden movement to avoid a thrust.(Fencing)
02 n. The unit of electro-motive force; -- defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by United States Statute as, that electro…
  1. 1.
    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 <frac:1000_1434/ the electro-motive force of a standard Clark's cell at a temperature of 15° C.(Elec.)