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Volute

noun
1.
Ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center.  Synonym: spiral.
2.
A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops.  Synonyms: coil, helix, spiral, whorl.



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"Volute" Quotes from Famous Books



... Once or twice I seemed on the eve of a discovery: in splitting the masses, I occasionally saw what appeared to be fragments of shells embedded in its substance; and at least once I laid open a mysterious-looking scroll or volute, existing on the dark surface as a cream-coloured film; but though these organisms raised a temporary wonder, it was not until a later period that I learned to comprehend their true import, as the half-effaced but still decipherable ...
— My Schools and Schoolmasters - or The Story of my Education. • Hugh Miller


Words linked to "Volute" :   decoration, coiled, ornament, ornamentation, structure, hank, construction


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