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Volleyed
a.
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Discharged with a sudden burst, or as if in a volley; as, volleyed thunder.
Volow
v. t.
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To baptize; -- used in contempt by the Reformers.
Volt
n.
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A circular tread; a gait by which a horse going sideways round a center makes two concentric tracks.
Volt
n.
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A sudden movement to avoid a thrust.
Volt
n.
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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 ampere. It is practically equivalent to / the electro-motive force of a standard Clark's cell at a temperature of 15¡ C.
Volte
pl.
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of Volta
Volta
n.
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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.
Volta-electric
a.
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Of or pertaining to voltaic electricity, or voltaism.
Volta-electrometer
n.
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An instrument for the exact measurement of electric currents.
Voltage
n.
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Electric potential or potential difference, expressed in volts.
Voltagraphy
n.
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In electrotypy, the act or art of copying, in metals deposited by electrolytic action, a form or pattern which is made the negative electrode.
Voltaic
a.
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Of or pertaining to Alessandro Volta, who first devised apparatus for developing electric currents by chemical action, and established this branch of electric science; discovered by Volta; as, voltaic electricity.
Voltaic
a.
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Of or pertaining to voltaism, or voltaic electricity; as, voltaic induction; the voltaic arc.
Voltairean
a.
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Of or relating to Voltaire, the French author.
Voltairism
n.
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The theories or practice of Voltaire.
Voltaism
n.
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That form of electricity which is developed by the chemical action between metals and different liquids; voltaic electricity; also, the science which treats of this form of electricity; -- called also galvanism, from Galvani, on account of his experiments showing the remarkable influence of this agent on animals.
Voltameter
n.
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An instrument for measuring the voltaic electricity passing through it, by its effect in decomposing water or some other chemical compound acting as an electrolyte.
Voltaplast
n.
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A form of voltaic, or galvanic, battery suitable for use electrotyping.
Voltatype
n.
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An electrotype.
Volti
imperative.
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Turn, that is, turn over the leaf.
Voltigeur
n.
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A tumbler; a leaper or vaulter.
Voltigeur
n.
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One of a picked company of irregular riflemen in each regiment of the French infantry.
Voltmeter
n.
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An instrument for measuring in volts the differences of potential between different points of an electrical circuit.
Volubilate
a.
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Alt. of Volubile
Volubile
a.
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Turning, or whirling; winding; twining; voluble.
Volubility
n.
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The quality or state of being voluble (in any of the senses of the adjective).
Voluble
a.
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Easily rolling or turning; easily set in motion; apt to roll; rotating; as, voluble particles of matter.
Voluble
a.
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Moving with ease and smoothness in uttering words; of rapid speech; nimble in speaking; glib; as, a flippant, voluble, tongue.
Voluble
a.
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Changeable; unstable; fickle.
Voluble
a.
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Having the power or habit of turning or twining; as, the voluble stem of hop plants.