volute : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: volute	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for volute
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
volute adj in the shape of a coil [syn: coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinate] n ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center Synonym(s): spiral, volute a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope" Synonym(s): coil, spiral, volute, whorl, helix
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Volute \Volute"\, n. [F. volute* (cf. It. voluta), L. voluta, from volvere, volutum, to roll. See {Voluble}.] 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. (Zo[94]l.) A spiral turn, as in certain shells. 3. (Zo[94]l.) 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.