Volta
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈvoʊltə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Volta is a noun meaning (music) A turning; a time (chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated).
Meaning
(music) A turning; a time (chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated).
More Meanings
- (music, dance) A dance for couples popular during the late Renaissance, associated with the galliard and done to the same kind of music.
- (poetry) A turning point or point of change in a poem, most commonly a sonnet.
Example Sentences
[…][Larmona] Ash describes how “conversion arrives like a volta [poetic shift]^([sic]) in a person's life.” The metaphor is apt, imagining one's spiritual life as a poem, an authored thing, and not preserved on vellum either, but open to revision.
Word Forms
- voltas
Synonyms for volta
Depending on context, synonyms include levalto, volte.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include haute, time, electrometer, congo, turnaround, about-turn.
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