volutionn.

Brit.

/vəˈluːʃn/,

/vəˈljuːʃn/, U.S.

/vəˈluʃən/

Etymology: < Latin volūt-, participial stem of volvĕre to turn, after revolution, etc.

1. A rolling or revolving movement. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [noun] > turning over and over or rolling

rolling1440

trollingc1440

volution1610

rolling over1675

1610 J. Mason Turke ii. iii. E 3 This..shall conduct him to the bed of Borgias: amidst whose waking plotts & state volutions, the amorous youth must needs be hartyly welcome.

1741 H. Brooke Constantia 804 in Wks. (1789) I. 306 Yet these the inanimate volution keep, And roll eliptic thro' the boundless deep.

1769 W. Falconer Shipwreck (ed. 3) ii. 49 The [water-spout's] swift volution and th' enormous train Let sages vers'd in nature's lore explain.

1819 P. B. Shelley Ess. & Lett. (1852) II. 216 To bear them over the earth, as the rapid volutions of a tempest have the ever-changing trunk of a water~spout.

1831 M. Berry Soc. Life Eng. & Fr. 395 The art of quickening..the motion of his heart he certainly possessed, as he made his pulse keep pace with the volutions of the divining rod.

2. A spiral turn or twist; a coil or convolution.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [noun]

rundlec1300

waif1513

enwrapping1543

convolution1545

entrail?a1549

wreath1555

roundness1572

spire1572

rolling1576

enfold1578

infold1578

obvolution1578

gyre1590

whorl1592

enfoldment1593

twine1600

turn1625

volume1646

volution1752

swirl1786

coil1805

swirling1825

convolute1846

whirl1862

enfolding1873

snaking1888

1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 152 At the head there stands a small conic clavicle, formed of about four volutions.

1767 Philos. Trans. 1766 (Royal Soc.) 56 208 The crane..has such a turning of the aspera arteria in the keel of the sternum; but the volution of this bird is round within the bone.

1786 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 76 161 It is generally coiled up into four volutions.

1842 E. A. Poe Myst. Marie Rogêt in Wks. (1864) I. 220 Two circular excoriations, apparently the effect of ropes, or of a rope in more than one volution.

1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 191 Nidamental ribbon rather wide, forming a spiral coil of few volutions.

3. A whorl of a spiral shell.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [noun] > Testacea (shelled molluscs) > shelled mollusc > shell > part of > spiral shell and parts

turben1669

turban1681

clavicle1774

spire1822

turbination1834

volution1884

1884 Proc. Zool. Soc. 262 Four specimens of a small Melania were collected..all eroded at the upper part of the spire, leaving only four volutions remaining.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	volution
释义	volutionn. Brit. /vəˈluːʃn/, /vəˈljuːʃn/, U.S. /vəˈluʃən/ Etymology: < Latin volūt-, participial stem of volvĕre to turn, after revolution, etc. 1. A rolling or revolving movement. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [noun] > turning over and over or rolling rolling1440 trollingc1440 volution1610 rolling over1675 1610 J. Mason Turke ii. iii. E 3 This..shall conduct him to the bed of Borgias: amidst whose waking plotts & state volutions, the amorous youth must needs be hartyly welcome. 1741 H. Brooke Constantia 804 in Wks. (1789) I. 306 Yet these the inanimate volution keep, And roll eliptic thro' the boundless deep. 1769 W. Falconer Shipwreck (ed. 3) ii. 49 The [water-spout's] swift volution and th' enormous train Let sages vers'd in nature's lore explain. 1819 P. B. Shelley Ess. & Lett. (1852) II. 216 To bear them over the earth, as the rapid volutions of a tempest have the ever-changing trunk of a water~spout. 1831 M. Berry Soc. Life Eng. & Fr. 395 The art of quickening..the motion of his heart he certainly possessed, as he made his pulse keep pace with the volutions of the divining rod. 2. A spiral turn or twist; a coil or convolution. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [noun] rundlec1300 waif1513 enwrapping1543 convolution1545 entrail?a1549 wreath1555 roundness1572 spire1572 rolling1576 enfold1578 infold1578 obvolution1578 gyre1590 whorl1592 enfoldment1593 twine1600 turn1625 volume1646 volution1752 swirl1786 coil1805 swirling1825 convolute1846 whirl1862 enfolding1873 snaking1888 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 152 At the head there stands a small conic clavicle, formed of about four volutions. 1767 Philos. Trans. 1766 (Royal Soc.) 56 208 The crane..has such a turning of the aspera arteria in the keel of the sternum; but the volution of this bird is round within the bone. 1786 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 76 161 It is generally coiled up into four volutions. 1842 E. A. Poe Myst. Marie Rogêt in Wks. (1864) I. 220 Two circular excoriations, apparently the effect of ropes, or of a rope in more than one volution. 1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 191 Nidamental ribbon rather wide, forming a spiral coil of few volutions. 3. A whorl of a spiral shell. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [noun] > Testacea (shelled molluscs) > shelled mollusc > shell > part of > spiral shell and parts turben1669 turban1681 clavicle1774 spire1822 turbination1834 volution1884 1884 Proc. Zool. Soc. 262 Four specimens of a small Melania were collected..all eroded at the upper part of the spire, leaving only four volutions remaining. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1610
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