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Volta   /vˈoʊltə/   Listen
Volta

noun
(pl. volte)
1.
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.
2.
A river in Ghana that flows south to the Bight of Benin.



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... Healy, Angus the Culdee, Dolly Mount, Sidney Parade, Ben Howth, Valentine Greatrakes, Adam and Eve, Arthur Wellesley, Boss Croker, Herodotus, Jack the Giantkiller, Gautama Buddha, Lady Godiva, The Lily of Killarney, Balor of the Evil Eye, the Queen of Sheba, Acky Nagle, Joe Nagle, Alessandro Volta, Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, Don Philip O'Sullivan Beare. A couched spear of acuminated granite rested by him while at his feet reposed a savage animal of the canine tribe whose stertorous gasps announced that he was sunk in uneasy slumber, a supposition ...
— Ulysses • James Joyce
... the last question first," said Redgrave. "That was the greatest of your father's discoveries. He got at the secret of gravitation, and was able to analyse it into two separate forces just as Volta did with electricity—positive and negative, or, to put it better, attractive ...
— A Honeymoon in Space • George Griffith


Words linked to "Volta" :   physicist, gold coast, river, Republic of Ghana, Ghana


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