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noun
1.
a spiral or twisted formation or object.
2.
Architecture. a spiral ornament, found especially 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, especially if combined with a lateral motion.
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Volution
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Origin:
1690–1700; (< F) < Latin volūta, feminine of volūtus, past participle of volvere to turn. See revolve
1690–1700; (< F) < Latin volūta, feminine of volūtus, past participle of volvere to turn. See revolve
Related forms
vo·lut·ed, adjective
vo·lu·tion, noun
in·ter·vo·lute, adjective
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volute
1696, "spiral ornament on an Ionic capital," from Fr. volute, from It. voluta, from L. voluta "a spiral scroll," originally fem. pp. of volvere "to turn around, roll" (see vulva). Extended 1756 to any spiral thing or part. As a type of spiral seashell, it is attested from 1753.
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volute vo·lute (və-l&oomacr;t')
n.
A spiral formation, such as one of the whorls of a gastropod shell.
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