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COUNT ALESSANDRO VOLTA
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• COUNT ALESSANDRO VOLTA (noun)
The noun COUNT ALESSANDRO VOLTA has 1 sense:
1. Italian physicist after whom the volt is named; studied electric currents and invented the voltaic pile (1745-1827)
Familiarity information: COUNT ALESSANDRO VOLTA used as a noun is very rare.
• COUNT ALESSANDRO VOLTA (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Italian physicist after whom the volt is named; studied electric currents and invented the voltaic pile (1745-1827)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Conte Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta; Conte Alessandro Volta; Count Alessandro Volta; Volta
Instance hypernyms:
physicist (a scientist trained in physics)
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