单词 | volta |
释义 | Word Frequency volta(ˈvɒltə, Italian ˈvɔlta) nounWord forms: plural -te (Italian -te) 1. a quick-moving Italian dance popular during the 16th and 17th centuries 2. a piece of music written for or in the rhythm of this dance, in triple time Word origin C17: from Italian: turn; see volt2Word Frequency Volta 1(ˈvɒltə) noun 1. a river inWAfrica, formed by the confluence of the Black Volta and the White Volta in N central Ghana: flows south to the Bight of Benin: the chief river of Ghana. Length: 480 km (300 miles); (including the Black Volta) 1600 km (1000 miles) 2. Lake Volta Word Frequency Volta 2(ˈvəʊltə, Italian ˈvɔlta) noun Count Alessandro (alesˈsandro). 1745–1827, Italian physicist after whom the volt is named. He made important contributions to the theory of current electricity and invented the voltaic pile (1800), the electrophorus (1775), and an electroscope |
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