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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. Italian physicist after whom the volt is named; studied electric currents and invented the voltaic pile (1745-1827);
[syn: Volta, Count Alessandro Volta, Conte Alessandro Volta, Conte Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta]

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


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Volta \Vol"ta\, n.; pl. Volte. [It. volta a turn, turning, a time. See Volt a tread.] (Mus.) 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Volta n 1: Italian physicist after whom the volt is named; studied electric currents and invented the voltaic pile (1745-1827) [syn: Volta, Count Alessandro Volta, Conte Alessandro Volta, Conte Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta] 2: a river in Ghana that flows south to the Bight of Benin