volta

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No! quella è l'altalena ... - gira intorno intorno e cambia ogni volta, aggiungendo carne al menu fino ad arrivare al gran finale.

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  1. An old dance. See lavolta.
  2. In music, turn or time: as, una volta, once; due volte, twice; prima volta, first time. Abbreviated verb

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  • No! quella è l'altalena ... - gira intorno intorno e cambia ogni volta, aggiungendo carne al menu fino ad arrivare al gran finale. —  No fat clips!!!
  • Non mi vergono più come feci una volta, e come non ebbi coraggio di fare una volta successiva, ed urlo al popolo di Dissacration la mia passio —  Feeds4all documents in category 'SEO'
  • A third form of experiment, in which difference of intensity was obtained, for the purpose of testing the principle of equal chemical action, was to arrange three volta-electrometers, so that after the electric current had passed through one, it should divide into two parts, each of which should traverse one of the remaining instruments, and should then reunite. —  Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1
  • For the latter object the volta-electrometer (fig. —  Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1
  • Another mode of measuring volta-electricity may be adopted with advantage in many cases, dependent on the quantities of metals or other substances evolved either as primary or as secondary results; but I refrain from enlarging on this use of the products, until the principles on which their constancy depends have been fully established (791. —  Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1
 

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