Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun volta

2 senses of volta

Sense 1
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))
       INSTANCE OF=> physicist -- (a scientist trained in physics)

Sense 2
Volta -- (a river in Ghana that flows south to the Bight of Benin)
       INSTANCE OF=> river -- (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); "the river was navigable for 50 miles")