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Volute
/vəˈluːt/
The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.
📖 Definitions of "Volute"
noun
- 1
The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.
- 2
The spirals or whorls on a gastropod's shell.
- 3
Any marine gastropod of the family Volutidae.
- 4
The casing in a centrifugal pump, whose shape is somewhat similar to architectural volutes.
adjective
- 1
Of a spring: having a spiral curve on its tail.
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