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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Volt  \Volt\,  n.  [F.  volte;  cf  It  volta.  See  {Vault}.] 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Volt  \Volt\,  n.  [After  Alessandro  Volta,  the  Italian 
  electrician.]  (Elec.) 
  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  amp[`e]re.  It  is  practically 
  equivalent  to  1000/1434  the  electro-motive  force  of  a 
  standard  Clark's  cell  at  a  temperature  of  15[deg]  C. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  volt 
  n  :  a  unit  of  potential  equal  to  the  potential  difference 
  between  two  points  on  a  conductor  carrying  a  current  of  1 
  ampere  when  the  power  dissipated  between  the  two  points 
  is  1  watt;  equivalent  to  the  potential  difference  across 
  a  resistance  of  1  ohm  when  1  ampere  of  current  flows 
  through  it  [syn:  {V}] 




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