volute

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.

   “This example is much richer, yet no less elegant, than the other; the volute, instead of a single spiral, is formed by three; the sculptured echinus beneath is surmounted by a guilloched moulding, and separated from the shaft by a neck […]”

2. isim The spirals or whorls on a gastropod's shell.
3. isim Any marine gastropod of the family Volutidae.

   “Common shells include frog-shells, distorsios, volutes, tulips, murex, cones, olives, marginellas, cowries, augers and the Florida horse conch, the state's official shell, which can grow up to 24in (6 1 cm) long.”

4. isim The casing in a centrifugal pump, whose shape is somewhat similar to architectural volutes.
5. isim A spiral or scroll form.
6. isim A scroll-shaped carving at the tuning head of a stringed musical instrument, similar to architectural volutes.
7. sıfat Of a spring: having a spiral curve on its tail.
8. sıfat Rolled up in any way.