Volute has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:
Noun
· Adjective
Noun
1
ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center
2
a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
"a coil of rope"
3
The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.
Adjective
2
Of a spring: having a spiral curve on its tail.
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