volt

I. noun Etymology: French volte, from Italian volta turn, from voltare to turn, from Vulgar Latin *volvitare, frequentative of Latin volvere to roll — more at voluble Date: 1688 1. a leaping movement in fencing to avoid a thrust 2. a. a tread or gait in which a horse going sideways makes a turn around a center b. a circle traced by a horse in this movement II. noun Etymology: Alessandro Volta Date: 1873 the practical meter-kilogram-second unit of electrical potential difference and electromotive force equal to the difference of potential between two points in a conducting wire carrying a constant current of one ampere when the power dissipated between these two points is equal to one watt and equivalent to the potential difference across a resistance of one ohm when one ampere is flowing through it