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Volute

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Noun

1. spiral, volute

ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center

2. coil, helix, spiral, volute, whorl

a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops

Example Sentences:
'a coil of rope'

Adjective

3. coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, turbinate, volute, voluted, whorled

in the shape of a coil

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Volute

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noun
1. 
a spiral or twisting turn, form, or object; spiral; whorl
2. Also called: helix
a carved ornament, esp as used on an Ionic capital, that has the form of a spiral scroll
3. 
any of the whorls of the spirally coiled shell of a snail or similar gastropod mollusc
4. 
any tropical marine gastropod mollusc of the family Volutidae, typically having a spiral shell with beautiful markings
5. 
a tangential part, resembling the volute of a snail's shell, that collects the fluids emerging from the periphery of a turbine, impeller pump, etc
adjective also: voluted (vəˈluːtɪd )
6. 
having the form of a volute; spiral
7. machinery
moving in a spiral path

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Volute

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noun
1. 
a spiral or twisting form; turn; whorl
2.  Architecture
a spiral scroll forming one of the chief features of Ionic and Corinthian capitals
3.  Zoology
a. 
any of the turns or whorls of a spiral shell
b. 
any of a family (Volutidae) of saltwater gastropods often having brightly colored shells with an elongated opening
adjective
4. 
rolled up; spiraled
5. 
having a spirally shaped part

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Volute

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n.
1. A spiral scroll-like ornament such as that used on an Ionic capital.
2.
a. A spiral formation, such as one of the whorls of a gastropod shell.
b. Any of various marine gastropod mollusks of the family Volutidae, having a spiral, often colorfully marked shell.

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