volta : Idioms & Phrases

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conte alessandro giuseppe antonio anastasio volta

  • noun Italian physicist after whom the volt is named; studied electric currents and invented the voltaic pile (1745-1827)
    Volta; Conte Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta; Conte Alessandro Volta.
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conte alessandro volta

  • noun Italian physicist after whom the volt is named; studied electric currents and invented the voltaic pile (1745-1827)
    Volta; Conte Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta; Conte Alessandro Volta.
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count alessandro volta

  • noun Italian physicist after whom the volt is named; studied electric currents and invented the voltaic pile (1745-1827)
    Volta; Conte Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta; Conte Alessandro Volta.
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lake volta

  • noun the Volta river in southeastern has been dammed to create one of the world's largest man-made lakes
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upper volta

  • noun a desperately poor landlocked country in western Africa; was formerly Upper Volta under French rule but gained independence in 1960
    Burkina Faso.
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volta-electric

Vol"ta-e*lec"tric adjective
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to voltaic electricity, or voltaism.
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volta-electrometer

Vol`ta-e`lec*trom"e*ter noun
Definitions
  1. An instrument for the exact measurement of electric currents.
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volte-face

  • noun a major change in attitude or principle or point of view
    about-face; policy change; reversal.
    • an about-face on foreign policy
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