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Volt   Listen
noun
Volt  n.  
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.





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"Volt" Quotes from Famous Books



... enthusiasm of the vast assembly burst through every restraint. With one voice they cried, Dieu le volt! Dieu le volt! "It is the will of God! It is the will of God!" Thousands immediately affixed the cross to their garments, [Footnote: Hence the name Crusade given to the Holy Wars, from old French crois cross.] as a pledge of their sacred engagement to go forth to the rescue of the Holy Sepulchre. ...
— A General History for Colleges and High Schools • P. V. N. Myers
... a variocoupler a 'gol,' a potentiometer a 'dit,' an induction coil a 'lim,' (l-i-m) and a variable condenser would look just as pretty if it were written out as a 'sos'—but no! They forgot the good example set by the grid, the volt and the ohm and ...
— Radio Boys Loyalty - Bill Brown Listens In • Wayne Whipple


Words linked to "Volt" :   kilovolt, picovolt, volt-ampere, voltaic, kV, millivolt, microvolt, potential unit, nanovolt, v, abvolt


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