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