Volt vs. Volta — What's the Difference?

The volt (symbol: V) is the derived unit for electric potential, electric potential difference (voltage), and electromotive force. It is named after the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta (1745–1827).

(music) A turning; a time chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated.

The SI unit of electromotive force, the difference of potential that would carry one ampere of current against one ohm resistance.

A dance for couples popular during the late Renaissance, associated with the galliard and done to the same kind of music.

Variant spelling of volte

(poetry) A turning point or point of change in a poem, most commonly a sonnet.

Make a quick movement to avoid a thrust.

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.

The SI-derived unit of electric potential and electromotive force, equal to the difference of electric potential between two points on a conducting wire carrying a constant current of one ampere when the power dissipated between the points is one watt. See Table at measurement.

Italian physicist after whom the volt is named; studied electric currents and invented the voltaic pile (1745-1827)

A circular movement executed by a horse in manège.

A sudden movement made in avoiding a thrust in fencing.

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical potential and electromotive force (voltage); the potential difference across a conductor when a current of one ampere uses one watt of power. Symbol: V

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

(fencing) A sudden movement to avoid a thrust.

A colour similar to lime often used in Nike products. CEFF00

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

A sudden movement to avoid a thrust.

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

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