Conte Alessandro Volta con·tea·les·sandrovolta uncommon noun 1. Italian physicist after whom the volt is named; studied electric currents and invented the voltaic pile (1745-1827) SynonymsVoltaCount Alessandro VoltaConte Alessandro VoltaConte Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta Related words Broader terms physicist WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved.