Volute










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Volute \Vo*lute"\, n. [F. volute (cf. It. voluta), L. voluta,
from volvere, volutum, to roll. See Voluble.]
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1. (Arch.) A spiral scroll which forms the chief feature of
the Ionic capital, and which, on a much smaller scale, is
a feature in the Corinthian and Composite capitals. See
Illust. of Capital, also Helix, and Stale.
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2. (Zool.) A spiral turn, as in certain shells.
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3. (Zool.) Any voluta.
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Volute spiring, a spring formed of a spiral scroll of
plate, rod, or wire, extended or extensible in the
direction of the axis of the coil, in which direction its
elastic force is exerted and employed.
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volute
adj 1: in the shape of a coil [syn: coiling, helical,
spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled,
turbinate]
n 1: ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around
a center with an increasing distance from the center [syn:
spiral, volute]

2: a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous
series of loops; "a coil of rope" [syn: coil, spiral,
volute, whorl, helix]
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Volute f (spiralförmiges Bauornament) [arch.]
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Volute
f (spiralförmiges Bauornament) [arch.]
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37 Moby Thesaurus words for "volute":
anfractuous, cirrus, cochlear, cochleate, coil, corkscrew,
corkscrewy, curl, curlicue, evolute, gyre, helical, helicoid,
helix, involute, kink, ringlet, roll, screw, screw-shaped, scroll,
scrolled, spiral, spiroid, swirl, tendril, turbinal, turbinate,
twirl, twist, verticillate, voluted, volution, vortex, whirl,
whorl, whorled



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