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vo⋅lute

  [vuh-loot]
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–noun
1. a spiral or twisted formation or object.
2. Architecture. a spiral ornament, found esp. in the capitals of the Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite orders.
3. Carpentry. a horizontal scrolled termination to the handrail of a stair.
4. Zoology.
a. a turn or whorl of a spiral shell.
b. any of various tropical marine gastropods of the family Volutidae, many species of which have shells prized for their coloration.
5. the spiral casing surrounding the impeller of a volute pump.
–adjective
6. having a volute or rolled-up form.
7. Machinery.
a. spirally shaped or having a part so shaped.
b. moving in a circular way, esp. if combined with a lateral motion.
Origin:
1690–1700; (< F) < L volūta, fem. of volūtus, ptp. of volvere to turn. See revolve

Related forms:
vo⋅lut⋅ed, adjective
vo⋅lu⋅tion, noun
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vo·lute   (və-lōōt')   
n.  
  1. A spiral scroll-like ornament such as that used on an Ionic capital.
    1. A spiral formation, such as one of the whorls of a gastropod shell.
    2. Any of various marine gastropod mollusks of the family Volutidae, having a spiral, often colorfully marked shell.

[French, from Italian voluta, from Latin volūta, from feminine past participle of volvere, to turn, roll; see wel-2 in Indo-European roots.]
vo·lut'ed (-lōō'tĭd) adj.
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Voluted

Vo*lut"ed\, a. Having a volute, or spiral scroll.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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