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/ vəˈlut / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a spiral or twisted formation or object.
Architecture . a spiral ornament, found especially in the capitals of the Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite orders.
Carpentry . a horizontal scrolled termination to the handrail of a stair.
Zoology . a turn or whorl of a spiral shell. any of various tropical marine gastropods of the family Volutidae, many species of which have shells prized for their coloration. the spiral casing surrounding the impeller of a centrifugal pump.
SEE MORE SEE LESS adjective having a volute or rolled-up form.
Machinery . spirally shaped or having a part so shaped. moving in a circular way, especially if combined with a lateral motion. Origin of volute First recorded in 1690–1700; from French or directly from Latin volūta “a scroll,” feminine noun use of volūtus, past participle of volvere “to turn”; see revolve
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Example sentences from the Web for volute This volute may be looked upon as one of the most characteristic features of the Period.
The Seven Periods of English Architecture | Edmund Sharpe
The volute of the Ionic capital is rather in the form of two serpents drinking from a cup, than in the form of rams horns.
A Manual of the Historical Development of Art | G. G. (Gustavus George) Zerffi
The spherical shells, those whirled into a volute , are no exception to this rule.
The Life of the Spider | J. Henri Fabre
The volute form is particularly adapted to the decoration of basketry, of which fig. 299 is a specimen.
The Swastika | Thomas Wilson
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British Dictionary definitions for volute noun a spiral or twisting turn, form, or object; spiral; whorl
Also called: helix a carved ornament, esp as used on an Ionic capital, that has the form of a spiral scroll
any of the whorls of the spirally coiled shell of a snail or similar gastropod mollusc
any tropical marine gastropod mollusc of the family Volutidae, typically having a spiral shell with beautiful markings
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
SEE MORE SEE LESS adjective also: voluted (vəˈluːtɪd ) having the form of a volute; spiral
machinery moving in a spiral path
Word Origin for volute C17: from Latin volūta a spiral decoration, from volūtus rolled, from volvere to roll up
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Words related to volute streamer, wheel, shell, cylinder, ball, convolution, bobbin, spiral, spool, fold, cone, whorl, coil, barrel, reel, scroll, cornucopia, cartouche, trundle, rundle
Medical definitions for volute The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.