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 spiralscroll 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
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