Thesaurus: volute

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1. n. 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.
2. n. A spiral turn, as in certain shells.
3. n. Any voluta.
4. adj. in the shape of a coil
5. n. ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center
6. n. a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
7. 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. 2. (Zoöl.) A spiral turn, as in certain shells. 3. (Zoöl.) Any voluta. 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.
8. A spiral scroll which forms the chief feature of the Ioniccapital, and which, on a much smaller scale, is a feature in theCorinthian and Composite capitals. See Illust. of Capital, alsoHelix, and Stale.
9. j:47/n:53 n ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center n a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops s in the shape of a coil