volta

Definition of Volta in English :

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Noun

1. conte alessandro giuseppe antonio anastasio volta, conte alessandro volta, count alessandro volta, volta

Italian physicist after whom the volt is named; studied electric currents and invented the voltaic pile (1745-1827)

2. volta

a river in Ghana that flows south to the Bight of Benin

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noun plural -te (Italian -te)

1.

a quick-moving Italian dance popular during the 16th and 17th centuries

2.

a piece of music written for or in the rhythm of this dance, in triple time

noun

1.

a river in W Africa, formed by the confluence of the Black Volta and the White Volta in N central Ghana: flows south to the Bight of Benin: the chief river of Ghana. Length: 480 km (300 miles); (including the Black Volta) 1600 km (1000 miles)

2. Lake Volta

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Count Alessandro (alesˈsandro). 1745–1827, Italian physicist after whom the volt is named. He made important contributions to the theory of current electricity and invented the voltaic pile (1800), the electrophorus (1775), and an electroscope

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Conteˌ Alesˈsandro (ˌɑlɛsˈsɑndʀɔ) ; äˌlessänˈdr^ō) 1745-1827; It. physicist

1.

river in SE Ghana, flowing south from Lake Volta into the Bight of Benin: c. 300 mi (483 km), including Lake Volta

2.

Lakeartificial lake in EC Ghana, formed at the confluence of the Black Volta (300 mi; 483 km) & White Volta (500 mi; 805 km) rivers: 3,283 sq mi (8,503 sq km)

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A river formed in central Ghana by the confluence of the White Volta and the Black Volta and flowing about 465 km (290 mi) southward through artificial Lake Volta to the Bight of Benin in the Gulf of Guinea.

Italian physicist who constructed the first electric battery (1800), which was composed of alternating disks of zinc and silver or copper.

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