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CIDE DICTIONARY
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Volute has 2 senses

volute(n = noun.artifact) spiral - ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center;

is a kind of decoration, ornament, ornamentation

Derived form adjective volute₁

volute(n = noun.artifact) coil, helix, spiral, whorl - a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope"

has particulars: hank

is a kind of construction, structure

Derived form adjective volute₁

Adjective Volute has 1 sense

volute(s = adj.all) coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, turbinate, voluted, whorled - in the shape of a coil;

Derived forms noun volute₂, noun volute₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Volute, n. [F. volute (cf. It. voluta), L. voluta, from volvere, volutum, to roll. See Voluble.].

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. [1913 Webster]
A spiral turn, as in certain shells. [1913 Webster]
Any voluta. [1913 Webster]

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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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Volute, n. & adj.
--n.
1 Archit. a spiral scroll characteristic of Ionic capitals and also used in Corinthian and composite capitals.
2 a any marine gastropod mollusc of the genus Voluta. b the spiral shell of this.
--adj. esp. Bot. rolled up.

Derivative

voluted adj.

Etymology

F volute or L voluta fem. past part. of volvere roll

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THESAURUS

Volute

anfractuous, cirrus, cochlear, cochleate, coil, corkscrew, corkscrewy, curl, curlicue, evolute, gyre, helical, helicoid, helix, involute, kink, ringlet, roll, screw, screw-shaped, scroll, scrolled, spiral, spiroid, swirl, tendril, turbinal, turbinate, twirl, twist, verticillate, voluted, volution, vortex, whirl, whorl, whorled

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Convolution

N convolution, winding, convolution, involution, circumvolution, wave, undulation, tortuosity, anfractuosity, sinuosity, sinuation, meandering, circuit, circumbendibus, twist, twirl, windings and turnings, ambages, torsion, inosculation, reticulation, rivulation, roughness, coil, roll, curl, buckle, spiral, helix, corkscrew, worm, volute, rundle, tendril, scollop, scallop, escalop, kink, ammonite, snakestone, serpent, eel, maze, labyrinth, knot, convoluted, winding, twisted, tortile, tortive, wavy, undated, undulatory, circling, snaky, snake-like, serpentine, serpent, anguill, vermiform, vermicular, mazy, tortuous, sinuous, flexuous, anfractuous, reclivate, rivulose, scolecoid, sigmoid, sigmoidal, spiriferous, spiroid, involved, intricate, complicated, perplexed, labyrinth, labyrinthic, labyrinthian, labyrinthine, peristaltic, daedalian, kinky, knotted, wreathy, frizzly, crepe, buckled, raveled, spiral, coiled, helical, cochleate, cochleous, screw-shaped, turbinated, turbiniform, in and out, round and round, a can of worms, Gordian knot.