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1. (n.) Volta
Count Alessandro, 1745–1827, Italian physicist.
2. Volta
a river in W Africa, in Ghana, formed by the confluence of the Black Volta and the White Volta and flowing S into the Bight of Benin. ab. 250 mi. (400 km) long; with branches ab. 1240 mi. (1995 km) long.
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Volta, Count Alessandro Volta, Conte Alessandro Volta, Conte Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta
Italian physicist after whom the volt is named; studied electric currents and invented the voltaic pile (1745-1827)
2. (noun) Volta
a river in Ghana that flows south to the Bight of Benin
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) volta
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
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