Found 3 items, similar to volute.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: volute
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: volute
volute
adj : in the shape of a coil [syn:
coiling,
helical,
spiral,
spiraling,
voluted,
whorled,
turbinate]
volute
n 1: ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around
a center with an increasing distance from the center
[syn:
spiral]
2: a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous
series of loops;
“a coil of rope” [syn:
coil,
spiral,
whorl,
helix]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Volute
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. (Zo["o]l.) A spiral turn, as in certain shells.
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3. (Zo["o]l.) 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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