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noun

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The correct spelling is volutes. The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.

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  1. 1.The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.
  2. 2.The spirals or whorls on a gastropod's shell.
  3. 3.Any marine gastropod of the family Volutidae.
  4. 4.The casing in a centrifugal pump, whose shape is somewhat similar to architectural volutes.
  5. 5.A spiral or scroll form.

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