Volta
1. Italian physicist after whom the volt is named; studied electric currents and invented the voltaic pile (1745-1827) • Syn: Count Alessandro Volta, Conte Alessandro Volta, Conte Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta • Instance Hypernyms: physicist 2. a river in Ghana that flows south to the Bight of Benin • Instance Hypernyms: river • Part Holonyms: Ghana, Republic of Ghana, Gold Coast
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