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 Definitions of Volute  [əˈlut]  

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Definition of 'Volute' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) volute
a spiral or twisted formation or object.

2.  volute
a spiral ornament, found esp. on the capitals of the Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite orders.

3.  volute
a horizontal scrolled termination to the handrail of a stair.

4.  volute
a turn or whorl of a spiral shell.

5.  volute
any of various tropical marine gastropods of the family Volutidae, many having vivid shells.

6. (adj.) volute
having a volute or rolled-up form.

7.  volute
spirally shaped.

Etymology:  (1690–1700; (< F) < L volūta, ptp. of volvere to turn. See revolve)

Definition of 'Volute' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) spiral, volute
ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center

2. (adj) coil, spiral, volute, whorl, helix
a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
"a coil of rope"

3. (adj) coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinate
in the shape of a coil


Definition of 'Volute' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Volute
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

2. (noun) Volute
a spiral turn, as in certain shells

3. (noun) Volute
any voluta



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