| volta definitions |
| # | Definition | Sets |
| 1 | time | 14 sets |
| 2 | battery | 5 sets |
| 3 | turning point | 3 sets |
| 4 | the shift or point of dramatic change in a poem | 2 sets |
| 5 | turn, shift in focus or meaning in a sonnet usually after line 8. | 2 sets |
| 6 | turn in poem | 2 sets |
| 7 | burkina faso | 2 sets |
| 8 | invented the battery | 2 sets |
| 9 | invented first battery | 1 set |
| 10 | time("the fourth ~") | 1 set |
| 11 | scientist in dispute with galvani. believed electricity was produced by two metals in contact, and wanted to produce a subtantial electrical current | 1 set |
| 12 | change in tone | 1 set |
| 13 | the change in thought or feeling which separates the octave from the sestet in a sonnet | 1 set |
| 14 | the italian term for the 'turn' in the argument or mood of a sonnet, occurring (in the italian form of sonnet) between the octave and the sestet, i.e. at the 9th line | 1 set |
| 15 | also referred to as the turn, is the shift or point of dramatic change in a poem. the term is most frequently used in discussion of sonnet form, in which the volta marks a shift in thought (often from question to answer or problem to solution). | 1 set |
| 16 | renaissance dance; male picks up female and twirls | 1 set |
| 17 | time (for example, prima volta, first time) | 1 set |
| 18 | made first wet cell | 1 set |
| 19 | gave us the battery and electric current | 1 set |
| 20 | turn in the argument or mood | 1 set |
| 21 | time ( ie: prima volta = first time) | 1 set |
| 22 | the "turn" between octave and sestet | 1 set |
| 23 | the jump or change in direction of thought or emotion of poem. | 1 set |
| 24 | makes the first batteries and argues that animal electricity is just ordinary electricity flowing through the frog legs under the impetus of the force produced by the contact of dissimilar metals. | 1 set |
| 25 | transition section in italian sonnet | 1 set |
| 26 | festive dance man lifts up woman, queen elizabeths favorite | 1 set |
| 27 | indicates a turn in thought | 1 set |
| 28 | the place at which a distinct turn of thought occurs. the term is most commonly used for the characteristic transition point in a sonnet, as between the octave and sestet of a petrarchan sonnet. | 1 set |
| 29 | electrochemistry, first battery | 1 set |
| 30 | in between the octave and the sestet (mood changes) | 1 set |
| 31 | the ideological "turning point" of a petrarchan sonnet | 1 set |
| 32 | a sudden shift/change in thought, direction, or emotion (originally in a petrarch an sonnet after 8th line-broadened to fit all poetry & maybe even prose) | 1 set |
| 33 | point of dramatic change in a poem | 1 set |
| 34 | a transitional, segue work | 1 set |
| 35 | any kind of shift in a story | 1 set |
| 36 | time (prima volta: first time; seconda volta: second time) | 1 set |
| 37 | point of dramatic change; turn | 1 set |
| 38 | a sudden change in thought, direction, or emotion near the conclusion or a sonnet | 1 set |
| 39 | 1808 - invented the battery (electrochemical cell). invented source of electric current | 1 set |
| 40 | electric cell, electrophorus, | 1 set |
