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Rarevolute
The correct spelling is volute.
How to pronounce volute
/vəˈluːt/
nounIPA: /vəˈluːt/
Say it like: Vol-ute
The correct spelling is volute. The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.
- 2.The spirals or whorls on a gastropod's shell.
- 3.Any marine gastropod of the family Volutidae.
- 4.The casing in a centrifugal pump, whose shape is somewhat similar to architectural volutes.
- 5.A spiral or scroll form.
adjective
- 1.Of a spring: having a spiral curve on its tail.
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