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Meaning of volute

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  volute
      adj 1: in the shape of a coil [syn: {coiling}, {helical},
             {spiral}, {spiraling}, {volute}, {voluted}, {whorled},
             {turbinate}]
      n 1: ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around
           a center with an increasing distance from the center [syn:
           {spiral}, {volute}]
      2: a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous
         series of loops; "a coil of rope" [syn: {coil}, {spiral},
         {volute}, {whorl}, {helix}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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